A maximum likelihood estimator for shape parameters of S-distributions

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 471-479

  Voit, Eberhard O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum Likelihood Estimation; S distribution

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; S-DISTRIBUTION; SHAPE PARAMETERS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 0039965062     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200008)42:4<471::AID-BIMJ471>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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