Re-parameterization of multinomial distributions and diversity indices

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1731-1738

  Zhang, Zhiyi ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic efficiency; Asymptotic normality; Generalized Simpson's biodiversity indices; Umvue

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949275741     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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