Maximum likelihood estimation from record-breaking data for the generalized Pareto distribution

Metron

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-389

  Abd El Hakim, Nagi S ^a   Sultan, Khalaf S ^b  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased estimates; Biased and unbiased estimates; Interval estimation; Maximum likelihood estimates; Minimum variance bound and relative efficiency; Upper record values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891401371     PISSN: 00261424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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