Parameter estimation for the double Pareto distribution

Journal of Mathematics and Statistics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-294

  Al Athari, Faris M ^a  

^a ZARQA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; Maximum likelihood; Modified Jeffrey's prior; Moments estimators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864293787     PISSN: 15493644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/jmssp.2011.289.294     Document Type: Article

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