Cure rate and statistical inference for the Marshall-Olkin generalized defective Gompertz distribution under censored survival data
*Tasnime HamdeniCorresponding authorhamdeni.tasnime@gmail.comDepartment of Applied Mathematics Higher Engineering Schools of Tunis University of Tunis El-Manar Laboratoire Signal Image et Maitrise de l’Energie (LR13ES03)Tunis, TunisiaView full profile → , Soufiane Gasmisoufiane.kasmi3@gmail.comDepartment of Mathematics Higher National Engineering School of Tunis University of Tunis Laboratoire Modélisation Mathématique analyse Harmonique et théorie de potentiel (LR18ES09)Tunis, TunisiaView full profile →
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- Received:
- 07 Dec 2021
- Accepted:
- 07 Jun 2022
- Published Online:
- 01 Mar 2025
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JSMS-978
- Pages:
- 257–266
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