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This chapter discusses the maximum likelihood estimation method for analyzing the censored and truncated data using some common lifetime distributions. The likelihood functions under the schemes of different types of censoring and truncation constructed in Chap. 4 will be applied in this chapter.
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Karim, M.R., Islam, M.A. (2019). Probability Distribution of Lifetimes: Censored and Left Truncated. In: Reliability and Survival Analysis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9776-9_6
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