Estimation of the two-parameter bathtub-shaped lifetime distribution with progressive censoring

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1139-1150

  Wu, Shuo Jye ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Hazard function; Joint confidence region; Maximum likelihood estimator; Pivot; Progressive type II censoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349094202     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760802264996     Document Type: Article

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