Maximum product of spacings estimators for the generalized pareto and log-logistic distributions

Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Fitzgerald, D L ^a  

^a Irish Meteorological Service   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Generalized Pareto distribution; Log logistic distribution; Quantiles; Spacings

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042542867     PISSN: 09311955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01581791     Document Type: Article

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