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Topp–Leone normal distribution with application to increasing failure rate data

Vikas Kumar SharmaDepartment of Mathematics, Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1782-1803 | Received 28 Aug 2017, Accepted 27 Feb 2018, Published online: 08 Mar 2018

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