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The Properties of Moment Estimators for the Weibull Distribution Based on the Sample Coeffkient of Variation

M. J. Newby Postgraduate School of Industrial Technology, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, BD7 IDP
Pages 187-194 | Published online: 23 Mar 2012

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