Estimating the parameters of a generalized lambda distribution

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2813-2835

  Fournier, B ^a   Rupin, N ^a,b   Bigerelle, M ^c   Najjar, D ^a   Iost, A ^a   Wilcox, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimating distributions; GLD; Goodness of fit; Percentiles; Simplex

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ESTIMATING DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERALIZED LAMBDA DISTRIBUTION (GLD); GOODNESS OF FIT; PERCENTILES; SIMPLEX;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 33846781323     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.09.043     Document Type: Article

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