Parameter estimation for power-law distributions by maximum likelihood methods

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-173

  Bauke, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPONENTS; POWER-LAW DISTRIBUTIONS; UBIQUITOUS PHENOMENON;

GRAPHIC METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 34547890729     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: 14346036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2007-00219-y     Document Type: Article

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