The estimation of Pareto distribution by a weighted least square method

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 913-926

  Lu, Hai Lin ^a   Tao, Shin Hwa ^a,b  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pareto distribution; Type II censored data; Weighted least square method

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948974257     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9100-8     Document Type: Article

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