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<journal-id>0120-1751</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Estadística]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Análisis bayesiano para la distribución lognormal generalizada aplicada a modelos de falla con censura]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Bayesian Analysis for the Generalized Lognormal Distribution Applied to Failure Time Analysis]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[HERNÁNDEZ]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[USUGA]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de São Paulo Instituto de Matemática y Estadística Departamento de Estadística]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Paulo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de São Paulo Instituto de Matemática y Estadística Departamento de Estadística]]></institution>
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<country>Brasil</country>
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<day>15</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2011</year>
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<day>15</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2011</year>
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<volume>34</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>95</fpage>
<lpage>109</lpage>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[There are several versions of the lognormal distribution in the statistical literature, one is based in the exponential transformation of generalized normal distribution (GN). This paper presents the Bayesian analysis for the generalized lognormal distribution (logGN) considering independent non-informative Jeffreys distributions for the parameters as well as the procedure for implementing the Gibbs sampler to obtain the posterior distributions of parameters. The results are used to analyze failure time models with right-censored and uncensored data. The proposed method is illustrated using actual failure time data of computers.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[análisis de tiempo de falla]]></kwd>
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An&aacute;lisis bayesiano para la distribuci&oacute;n lognormal generalizada aplicada a modelos de falla con censura
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Bayesian Analysis for the Generalized Lognormal Distribution Applied to Failure Time Analysis
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FREDDY HERN&Aacute;NDEZ<sup>1</sup>, 
OLGA CECILIA USUGA<sup>2</sup>
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<sup>1</sup>Universidad de São Paulo, Instituto de Matem&aacute;tica y Estad&iacute;stica, Departamento de Estad&iacute;stica, São Paulo, Brasil. Estudiante de doctorado. Email: <a href="mailto:fhernanb@ime.usp.br">fhernanb@ime.usp.br</a>
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<sup>2</sup>Universidad de São Paulo, Instituto de Matem&aacute;tica y Estad&iacute;stica, Departamento de Estad&iacute;stica, São Paulo, Brasil. Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Ingenier&iacute;as, Ingenier&iacute;a Industrial, Medell&iacute;n, Colombia. Profesora asistente. Email: <a href="mailto:ousuga@udea.edu.co">ousuga@udea.edu.co</a>
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Resumen
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Existen varias versiones de la distribuci&oacute;n lognormal en la literatura estad&iacute;stica y una de ellas est&aacute; basada en la transformaci&oacute;n exponencial de la distribuci&oacute;n normal generalizada (NG). En el presente art&iacute;culo se presenta el an&aacute;lisis Bayesiano para la distribuci&oacute;n lognormal generalizada (logNG) considerando distribuciones a priori de Jeffreys independientes para los par&aacute;metros; as&iacute; como el procedimiento para implementar el muestreador de Gibbs que permite obtener las distribuciones a posteriori de los par&aacute;metros. Los resultados obtenidos son usados para analizar modelos de tiempo de falla con datos no censurados y censurados a derecha Tipo I. El procedimiento propuesto es ilustrado usando una base de datos real relacionada con tiempos de falla de computadores.
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Palabras clave:
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an&aacute;lisis de tiempo de falla,
censura a derecha,
distribuci&oacute;n lognormal generalizada,
inferencia bayesiana,
muestreador de Gibbs.
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Abstract
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There are several versions of the lognormal distribution in the statistical literature, one is based in the exponential transformation of generalized normal distribution (GN). This paper presents the Bayesian analysis for the generalized lognormal distribution (logGN) considering independent non-informative Jeffreys distributions for the parameters as well as the procedure for implementing the Gibbs sampler to obtain the posterior distributions of parameters. The results are used to analyze failure time models with right-censored and uncensored data. The proposed method is illustrated using actual failure time data of computers.
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Key words:
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Bayesian inference,
Failure time analysis,
Gibbs sampling,
Lognormal distribution,
Right censoring.
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