Archive for August, 1960

Estimation of the Parameters of Two Parameter Exponential Distributions from Censored Samples

BEN JAMIN EPSTEIN Wayne State University and Stanford University In life testing a two parameter exponential distribution is often required to provide an adequate representation of the observed results. Sufficient statistics and interval estimates for the parameters are given for the case of Read more


Wednesday, August 3rd, 1960

Inter-plant Storage in Continuous Manufacturing

H. D. MILLER Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge A continuously operating plant A feeds its product into storage which in turn feeds a second continuously operating plant B. The loss of production due to empty or full storage depends on the storage capacity. This dependence is Read more


Wednesday, August 3rd, 1960

Discussion of the Papers of Messrs. Hald, Wetherill and Cox

Editor’s Note: The three preceeding papers in this issue of Technometrics: “The Compound Hyper-geometric Distribution and a System of Single Sampling Inspection Plans Based on Prior Distributions and Costs” by A. Hald; “Some Remarks on the Bayesian Solution of the Single Sampling Read more


Monday, August 1st, 1960

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