A note on the estimation of the skew normal and the skew exponential power distributions

Metron

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-219

  Monti, Anna Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood; Minimum chi square; Skew Exponential Power; Skew Normal

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744367250     PISSN: 00261424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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