EXACT INFERENCE IN FOUR-PARAMETER GENERALIZED GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS

The paper considers Bayesian analysis of the generalized four-parameter gamma distribution. Estimation of parameters using classical techniques is associated with important technical problems while Bayesian methods are not currently available for such distributions. Posterior inference is performed using numerical methods organized around Gibbs sampling. Predictive distributions and reliability can be estimated routinely using the proposed methods.

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