Method of moments of the Halphen distribution parameters

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 749-757

  Chebana, F ^a   El Adlouni, S ^a   Bobee B ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flood frequency analysis; Halphen distribution; Method of moments; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPLETE SYSTEMS; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; ESTIMATION METHODS; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HALPHEN DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MINIMUM VARIANCE; NATURAL EVENTS; SAMPLE SIZES; SUFFICIENT STATISTICS; TO ESTIMATION;

ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS;

EID: 50149122205     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-007-0184-4     Document Type: Article

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