Selection between Weibull and lognormal distributions: a comparative simulation study

DOI10.1016/j.csda.2008.08.012zbMath1231.62018OpenAlexW2032076705MaRDI QIDQ961137

Bong-Jin Yum, Jin Seon Kim

Publication date: 30 March 2010

Published in: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2008.08.012

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Censored data models (62N01) Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Estimation in survival analysis and censored data (62N02)

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Uses Software

• Matlab
• Statistics Toolbox

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