A multi-criterion evaluation approach to selection of the best statistical distribution

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 165-180

  Wang, Yiqiang ^a   Yam, Richard C M ^b   Zuo, Ming J ^c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Goodness of fit; Hypothesis testing; Multicriterion; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

GOODNESS OF FIT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTICRITERION;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 6344254953     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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