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On the likelihood estimation of the parameters of Gompertz distribution based on complete and progressively Type-II censored samples

M. E. GhitanyDepartment of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, PO Box 5969, Safat13060, KuwaitCorrespondence[email protected]
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F. AlqallafDepartment of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, PO Box 5969, Safat13060, Kuwait
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N. BalakrishnanDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaL8S 4K1
Pages 1803-1812 | Received 28 Aug 2012, Accepted 11 Jan 2013, Published online: 05 Feb 2013

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