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Confidence intervals for a two-parameter exponential distribution: One- and two-sample problems

K. KrishnamoorthyDepartment of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Yanping XiaDepartment of Mathematics, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO, USA
Pages 935-952 | Received 06 Feb 2016, Accepted 28 Mar 2017, Published online: 13 Sep 2017

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