An EM algorithm for estimating the parameters of bivariate Weibull distribution under random censoring

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1559-1569

  Nandi, Swagata ^a   Dewan, Isha ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Marshall Olkin bivariate distribution; Pseudo likelihood; Random censoring

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION; BIVARIATE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; CLOSED FORM; EM ALGORITHMS; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; PSEUDO-LIKELIHOOD; RANDOM CENSORING;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77249110819     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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