The Birnbaum-Saunders distribution / Víctor Leiva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leiva, Víctor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distribution (Probability theory).

Regression analysis.

Mathematical statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution presents the statistical theory, methodology, and applications of the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution, a very flexible distribution for modeling different types of data (mainly lifetime data).The book describes the most recent theoretical developments of this model, including properties, transformations and.

Contents:

""Title page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Genesis of the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution""; ""Abstract""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 History""; ""1.3 Fatigue, genesis, and derivation""; ""1.4 Applications""; ""Chapter 2: Characterizations of the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution""; ""Abstract""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Probability functions and properties""; ""2.3 Characteristic function and moments""; ""2.4 Generation of random numbers""

""Chapter 3: Inference for the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution""""Abstract""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Maximum likelihood estimation method""; ""3.3 Moment estimation method""; ""3.4 Graphical estimation method""; ""Chapter 4: Modeling Based on the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution""; ""Abstract""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 The log-Birnbaum-Saunders distribution""; ""4.3 Regression models""; ""4.4 Diagnostic methods""; ""Chapter 5: Goodness of Fit for the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution""; ""Abstract""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Goodness of fit based on moments""; ""5.3 Model selection""

""5.4 Probability plots""""Chapter 6: Data Analyses with the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution""; ""Abstract""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Data sets""; ""6.3 Software""; ""6.4 Modeling and diagnostics with real-world data""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 18, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780128038277

0128038276

9780128037690

0128037695

OCLC:

929533140