Inflated beta distributions

Statistical Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-126

  Ospina, Raydonal ^a   Ferrari, Silvia L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Conditional moments; Fractional data; Inflated beta distribution; Maximum likelihood estimation; Mixture; Proportions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350639541     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00362-008-0125-4     Document Type: Article

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