Abstract
We introduce a new survival distribution, of Pareto type, that arises from a curemixture frailty model. We describe its properties and demonstrate connections with familiar distributions including the Pareto and exponential. We derive its characteristic function and moments.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 201-213 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Characteristic function
- Moments
- Pareto distribution
- Survival distribution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability