Parameter estimation from load-sharing system data using the expectation-maximization algorithm

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-163

  Park, Chanseok ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broyden Fletcher Goldfarb Shanno algorithm; Expectation Maximization algorithm; hypothetical latent random variable; load sharing; lognormal distribution; maximum likelihood estimate

Indexed keywords

BROYDEN-FLETCHER-GOLDFARB-SHANNO; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; LOAD SHARING; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ESTIMATION; GOLD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM VARIABLES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84869746929     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.669878     Document Type: Article

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