Estimation of parameters for a mixture of normal distributions on the basis of the Cressie and Read divergence

Communications in Statistics Part B: Simulation and Computation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-130

  Pardo, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Minimum distance estimator; Power divergence; Relative efficiency; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345870176     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610919908813538     Document Type: Article

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