Survival models for heterogeneous populations derived from stable distributions
由稳定分布构造的异质人群生存模型
A new three-parameter family of distributions on the positive numbers is proposed. It includes the stable distributions on the positive numbers, the gamma, the degenerate and the inverse Gaussian distributions. The family is characterized by the Laplace transform, from which moments, convolutions, infinite divisibility, unimodality and other properties are derived. The density is complicated, but a simple saddlepoint approximation is provided. Weibull and Gompertz…