RECURRENCE RELATIONS FOR MOMENTS OF k-th RECORD VALUES FROM A WEIBULL EXTENSION MODEL

M. Maswadah (Egypt)

Received October 18, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: k-th record values, record values, single and product moments, Gompertz distribution, exponential distribution, Rayleigh distribution.