An R implementation for generalized Birnbaum-Saunders distributions

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1511-1528

  Barros, Michelli ^a   Paula, Gilberto A ^b   Leiva, Víctor ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NUMBER THEORY; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; ESTIMATION METHODS; GOODNESS OF FIT (GOF); RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR (RNG); REAL LINE; SIMULATION STUDIES;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 58549084147     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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