Bayesian survival estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 393-396

  Ahmed, Al Omari Mohammed ^a   Ibrahim, Noor Akma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bayes method; Extension of jeffrey prior information; Right censoring; Survival function; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955078203     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.393.396     Document Type: Article

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