A bayes analysis of modified Weibull distribution via Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-254

  Upadhyay, S K ^a   Gupta, Ashutosh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bathtub hazard rate; Gibbs sampler; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Metropolis algorithm; Modified Weibull distribution; Partial predictive p value; Predictive simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649153251     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: 15635163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650802600730     Document Type: Article

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