A generalized modified Weibull distribution for lifetime modeling

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 450-462

  Carrasco, Jalmar M F ^a   Ortega, Edwin M M ^a   Cordeiro, Gauss M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME VALUES; HAZARD RATE FUNCTIONS; INFINITE SUMS; INFORMATION MATRIXES; LIFE-TIMES; METHOD OF MAXIMUM LIKELIHOODS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODIFIED WEIBULL DISTRIBUTIONS; MONOTONE FAILURES; ORDER STATISTICS; PARAMETER GENERALIZATIONS; RAYLEIGH; WEIBULL;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 55549101907     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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