Properties of reverse hazard functions

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 203-222

  Chechile, Richard A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing stochastic models; Hazard functions; Model comparison; Reverse hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960018959     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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