A note on an approximation of the mobile communications expenditures distribution function using a mixture model

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 747-752

  Yoo, Seung Hoon ^a  

^a Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mixture model; Mobile communications expenditures; Weibull distribution; Zero observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444262535     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0266476042000214475     Document Type: Article

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