The new class of Kummer beta generalized distributions

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-180

  Pescim, R R ^a   Cordeiro, G M ^b   Demetrio C G B ^a   Ortega, E M M ^a   Nadarajah, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalized distribution; Kummer beta distribution; Likelihood ratio test; Moment; Order statistic; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

BETA DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERALIZED DISTRIBUTION; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; MOMENT; ORDER STATISTICS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84873617948     PISSN: 16962281     EISSN: 20138830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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