Numerical maximum likelihood estimation for the g-and-k and generalized g-and-h distributions

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-75

  Rayner, G D ^a,b   MacGillivray, H L ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

G and k distribution; Generalized g and h distribution; Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE); Numerical maximum likelihood estimation (NMLE); Quantile distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141791122     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013120305780     Document Type: Article

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