Interval estimation for exponential progressive Type-II censored step-stress accelerated life-testing

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2706-2718

  Wang, Bing Xing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerated life test; Cumulant; Exponential distribution; Interval estimation; Progressive Type II censoring; Step stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952549825     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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