Influence diagnostics in log-Birnbaum-Saunders regression models

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1049-1064

  Galea, Manuel ^a   Leiva Sánchez, Víctor ^b   Paula, Gilberto A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birnbaum Saunders distribution; Fatigue life; Generalized leverage; Influence diagnostic; Life distributions; Local influence; Log linear models; Maximum likelihood estimator; Sinh normal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 9144221058     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0266476042000280409     Document Type: Article

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