Estimation of some lifetime parameters of generalized Gompertz distribution under progressively type-II censored data

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5567-5578

  Ahmed, Essam A ^a  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Generalized Gompertz distribution; Interval estimation; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Maximum likelihood estimators; Progressive type II censoring

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOOTSTRAP; GOMPERTZ DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; PROGRESSIVE TYPE II CENSORING;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84930766630     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2015.01.023     Document Type: Article

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