New goodness of FIT test for Lindley distribution under cumulative entropy
*Marwa KH. HassanCorresponding authormarwa_khalil@edu.asu.edu.egDepartment of MathematicsFaculty of EducationAin Shams UniversityCairo, 11566, Egypt0000-0003-3730-7869View full profile →
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- Received:
- 05 Nov 2024
- Published Online:
- 06 Oct 2025
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JSMS-1480
- Pages:
- 255–267
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