A discrete inverse Weibull distribution and estimation of its parameters

Statistical Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-132

  Jazi, Mansour Aghababaei ^a   Lai, Chin Diew ^b   Alamatsaz, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discrete inverse Weibull distribution; Heuristic algorithm; Inverse Weibull probability plot; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349090074     PISSN: 15723127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stamet.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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