Simple efficient estimation for the three-parameter gamma distribution

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 115-126

  Balakrishnan, N ^a   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Estimation; Gamma distribution; Mean square error; Modified moment estimators; Moment estimators; Monte Carlo simulation; Order statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041706979     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(99)00074-9     Document Type: Article

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