Some results on the stress-strength model for skew-normal variates

Metron

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-326

  Azzalini, Adelchi ^a   Chiogna, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Skew normal distribution; Stress strength model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248173389     PISSN: 00261424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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