A starship estimation method for the generalized λ distributions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-374

  King, Robert A R ^a,b   Macgillivray, H L ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estimation; Generalized lambda distribution; Shape; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033409423     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-842X.00089     Document Type: Article

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