109 urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:3dc5f44e-8666-58db-bc76-a455210e8891 JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science jucs 0948-695X 0948-6968 Journal of Universal Computer Science 10.3217/jucs-005-08-0471 27575 Research Article G.3 - PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS Laha Distribution: Computer Generation and Applications to Life Time Modelling Popescu Ileana ileanap@fx.ro 1 Dumitrescu Monica 2 University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Computer Science, Bucharest, Romania University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Computer Science Bucharest Romania University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Probability and Statistics, Bucharest, Romania University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Probability and Statistics Bucharest Romania

Corresponding author: Ileana Popescu (ileanap@fx.ro).

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1999 28 08 1999 5 8 471 481 42459889-96DD-5607-9D70-09D5421F6F26 6995694 Ileana Popescu, Monica Dumitrescu This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.

Laha distribution has been introduced in 1958 as an example of a non-normal distribution where the quotient follows the Cauchy law. In this paper we present two procedures for the computer generation of this distribution and we discuss its applications to life time modelling.