Parameter estimation for the 3-parameter gamma distribution using the continuation method

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 188-196

  Hirose, Hidco ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuation method; Gamma distribution; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multiple solutions; Reparameterization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONTINUATION METHODS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 0032083829     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.722287     Document Type: Article

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