A new class of distribution functions for lifetime data

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-45

  Domma, Filippo ^a   Condino, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential equation; Flexibility; Hazard rate; Log concavity

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MODELS;

FLEXIBILITY; HAZARD RATES; LOG-CONCAVITY; MONOTONIC TRANSFORMATION; PARAMETRIC MODELING; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS;

HAZARDS;

EID: 84901037130     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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