Parametric Distributions for Survival and Reliability Analyses, a Review and Historical Sketch
Parametric Distributions for Survival and Reliability Analyses, a Review and Historical Sketch
During its 330 years of history, parametric distributions have been useful for survival and reliability analyses. In this paper, we comprehensively review the historical backgrounds and statistical properties of a number of parametric distributions used in survival and reliability analyses. We provide encyclopedic coverage of the important parametric distributions, which …