A two-parameter lifetime distribution with decreasing failure rate

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3889-3901

  Tahmasbi, Rasool ^a   Rezaei, Sadegh ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ASYMPTOTIC VARIANCES; FAILURE RATE; LIFETIME DISTRIBUTION;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 41249084321     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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