Evaluation of three methods for estimating the Weibull distribution parameters of Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis)

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 566-571

  Lei, Y ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Diameter distribution; Parameter estimation; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CHINESE PINES; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; LEAST-SQUARES REGRESSION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION METHOD; METHOD OF MOMENTS (MOM); PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; TREE DIAMETER;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETERS; PINUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TREES;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 57549086829     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/68/2008-jfs     Document Type: Article

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