Count models based on weibull interarrival times

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-378

  McShane, Blake ^a   Adrian, Moshe ^b   Bradlow, Eric T ^a   Fader, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed form inferences; Hazard models; Polynomial expansions

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949120334     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500107000000278     Document Type: Article

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