A new bivariate Gamma distribution generated from functional scale parameter with application to drought data

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1039-1054

  Mohsin, Muhammad ^a   Gebhardt, Albrecht ^a   Pilz, Jürgen ^a   Spöck, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimates; Drought modeling; Gamma distribution; Jeffreys prior; Likelihood ratio test; Maximum likelihood estimates

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ESTIMATE; DROUGHT MODELING; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; JEFFREYS PRIOR; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

DROUGHT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; MARKOV CHAIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84878560406     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-012-0641-6     Document Type: Article

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