The beta generalized Rayleigh distribution with applications to lifetime data

Statistical Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-161

  Cordeiro, Gauss M ^a   Cristino, Cláudio T ^b   Hashimoto, Elizabeth M ^c   Ortega, Edwin M M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta generalized distribution; Generalized Rayleigh distribution; Information; Maximum likelihood estimation; Moment; Rayleigh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872647829     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00362-011-0415-0     Document Type: Article

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