Approximate tolerance limits and prediction limits for the gamma distribution

Journal of Applied Statistical Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-261

  Aryal, Subhash ^a   Bhaumik, Dulal K ^b   Mathew, Thomas ^b   Gibbons, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content; Coverage; Prediction interval; Scale parameter; Shape parameter; Tolerance interval

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249097297     PISSN: 10675817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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