The beta generalized half-normal distribution

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 945-957

  Pescim, Rodrigo R ^a   Demétrio, Clarice G B ^a   Cordeiro, Gauss M ^b   Ortega, Edwin M M ^a   Urbano, Mariana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATED FUNCTIONS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; DATA SETS; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; FORMAL EXPRESSIONS; INFORMATION MATRIX; POSITIVE DATA; WEIBULL;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 73149118021     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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