Parameter estimation for generalized negative binomial distribution

Communications in Statistics Part B: Simulation and Computation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 269-279

  Famoye, Felix ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Generalized variance; Maximum likelihood; Minimum chi square; Zero frequency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

GENERALIZED NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION (GNBD); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MINIMUM CHI SQUARE ESTIMATION;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0031062181     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610919708813378     Document Type: Article

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