The Poisson-exponential lifetime distribution

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 677-686

  Cancho, Vicente G ^a   Louzada Neto, Franscisco ^a   Barriga, Gladys D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complementary risks; EM algorithm; Exponential distribution; Poisson distribution; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASYMPTOTIC COVARIANCE MATRIX; EM ALGORITHMS; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FAILURE RATE FUNCTIONS; INCREASING FAILURE RATE; LIFE-TIME DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77958039812     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2010.05.033     Document Type: Article

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