Various Characterizations of Modified Weibull and Log-Modified Weibull Distributions
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Various characterizations of the well-known modifiedWeibull and log-modifiedWeibull distributions are presented. These characterizations are based on a simple relationship between two truncated moments; on the hazard function and on functions of the order statistics.References
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