Markov chain Monte Carlo methods for parameter estimation of the modified Weibull distribution

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 647-658

  Jiang, H ^a   Xie, M ^a   Tang, L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptive rejection sampling; Gibbs sampler; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Maximum likelihood; Modified Weibull distribution; Probability interval

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249125310     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760801920846     Document Type: Article

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