Bootstrap-based improved estimators for the two-parameter Birnbaum-Saunders distribution

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-49

  Lemonte, Artur J ^a   Simas, Alexandre B ^a   Cribari Neto, Francisco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Birnbaum Saunders distribution; Bootstrap; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349152159     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: 15635163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10629360600903882     Document Type: Article

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