Exact likelihood inference for the exponential distribution under generalized Type-I and Type-II hybrid censoring

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 994-1004

  Chandrasekar, B ^a   Childs, A ^b   Balakrishnan, N ^b  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; Hybrid censoring; Life testing; Likelihood inference; Maximum likelihood estimator

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT TESTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THEOREM PROVING;

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; HYBRID CENSORING; LIFE TESTING; LIKELIHOOD INFERENCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 6344291222     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20038     Document Type: Article

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