A comparison of generalized Poisson distribution for modeling chromosome aberrations

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-313

  Lee, Carl M S ^a   Famoye, Felix ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrepancy; Empirically weighted rates of change; Estimation; Minimum chi square; Moment

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISCREPANCY; EMPIRICALLY WEIGHTED RATE OF CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHODS; INDUCTION MECHANISM; MA XIMUM LIKELIHOODS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; MINIMUM CHI-SQUARE; MOMENT; RATE OF CHANGE;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0039469985     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710380306     Document Type: Article

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