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Modelling lifetimes by quantile functions using Parzen's score function

N. Unnikrishnan Nair Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 682022, India
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P. G. Sankaran Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 682022, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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B. Vinesh Kumar Department of Statistics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, 682022, India
Pages 799-811 | Received 01 Aug 2010, Accepted 13 Jan 2011, Published online: 30 Mar 2011

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