The kumaraswamy birnbaum-saunders distribution

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 745-759

  Saulo, Helton ^a   Leão, Jeremias ^b   Bourguignon, Marcelo ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birnbaum Saunders distribution; Distribution theory; Kumaraswamy Birnbaum Saunders distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872793269     PISSN: 15598608     EISSN: 15598616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15598608.2012.719814     Document Type: Article

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