Analysis of incomplete, censored data in competing risks models with generalized exponential distributions

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 132-138

  Sarhan, Ammar M ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; Goodness of fit; Maximum likelihood estimator; Variance covariance matrix

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

GENERALIZED EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; RISKS MODELS; VARIANCE COVARIANCE MATRIX;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 34047132201     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2006.890899     Document Type: Article

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