On an extreme value version of the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution

REVSTAT-Statistical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-210

  Ferreira, Marta ^a   Ivette Gomes, M ^b   Leiva, Víctor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Domain of attraction; Extreme data; Likelihood method; R computer language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865617646     PISSN: 16456726     EISSN: 21830371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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