Estimating P{X > Y} in exponential model revisited

Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-316

  Sinha, Bikas K ^a   Zieliński, Ryszard ^b,c  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comparison of exponential random variables; Exponential distribution; Nonparametric estimators; UMVUE

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043072291     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331889708802593     Document Type: Article

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