The generalized Gompertz distribution

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 13-24

  El Gohary, A ^a   Alshamrani, Ahmad ^a   Al Otaibi, Adel Naif ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Generalized Gompertz distribution; Gompertz distribution; Maximum likelihood estimators; Mode and median; Quantile

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZED GOMPERTZ DISTRIBUTION; GOMPERTZ DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; MODE AND MEDIAN; QUANTILE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868497634     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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