Maximum likelihood estimation for generalised logistic distributions

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1687-1700

  Shao, Quanxi ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embedded distribution; Gumbel distribution; Lehmann's power generalisation; Limiting distribution; Reciprocal exponential distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244433145     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-120014908     Document Type: Article

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