Keywords and phrases: non-central Gamma distribution, frailty, Bayesian inference, deviance information criteria, life term assurance.
Received: January 22, 2021; Accepted: February 25, 2021; Published: March 22, 2021
How to cite this article: Onchere Walter, Weke Patrick, Otieno JAM and Ogutu Carolyne, Non-central gamma frailty with application to life term assurance data, Advances and Applications in Statistics 67(2) (2021), 237-253. DOI: 10.17654/AS067020237
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