Improved moment-estimation formulas using more than three subjective fractiles

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 346-351

  Lau, Hon Shiang ^a   Lau, Amy Hing Ling ^a   Ho, Chrwan Jyh ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mean Estimation; Moment Estimation; Standard Deviation Estimation; Subjective Fractiles

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MEAN ESTIMATION; MOMENT ESTIMATION; STANDARD DEVIATION ESTIMATION; SUBJECTIVE FRACTILES;

PERT;

EID: 0032024926     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.3.346     Document Type: Article

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