Estimating a stability parameter: Asymptotics and simulations

Statistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-305

  Höpfner, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymptotic efficiency; Finite sample size properties; Parameter estimation; Poisson point processes; Stable laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042804485     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331889808802616     Document Type: Article

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