Generalized gumbel distribution

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-179

  Cooray, Kahadawala ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage probabilities; Generalized extreme value distribution; Gumbel distribution; Odd Weibull distribution; Skewness and kurtosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149121281     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760802698995     Document Type: Article

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