Bounds on life expectancy for the Rayleigh and Weibull distributions

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(89)90085-0zbMath0675.62076OpenAlexW2146330829WikidataQ69290432 ScholiaQ69290432MaRDI QIDQ1122286

Sheela Talwalker, B. Raja Rao

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(89)90085-0

zbMATH Keywords

mean residual lifeboundsWeibull distributionGompertz distributionnumerical computationsRayleigh distributionincomplete gamma functionsMills' ratioembryonic and postnatal growthlife expectancy functionnormal and tumor growth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Statistical tables (62Q05) Reliability and life testing (62N05)

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