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Remark on the Paper by Rao And Kakehashi (2005)

Authors :
Saralees Nadarajah
Source :
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. 3:385-387
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), 2006.

Abstract

The paper by Rao and Kakehashi [1] uses the Weibull distribution (given by equation (3) in the paper) and a truncated version of it (given by equations (4) and (5)) to model HIV/AIDS data in India. After a careful reading, I have found that all of the results presented in the appendix are incorrect (starting with equation (11) itself). Instead of pointing out all of the specific errors, I have chosen to give the correct formulas (and a brief outline of their derivation) for the $r$th moment of the truncated Weibull distribution.

Details

ISSN :
15510018
Volume :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....6fe35ea3d55a1a1309560d3b303b641d