Bayesian estimation of the parameters of the generalized exponential distribution from doubly censored samples

Statistical Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 583-597

  Kim, Chansoo ^a   Song, Seongho ^b  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Bayesian prediction; Generalized exponential distribution; Gibbs and Metropolis sampler; Importance sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955919417     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00362-008-0142-3     Document Type: Article

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