A location invariant moment-type estimator II

Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2008, Pages 177-189

  Ling, Cheng Xiu ^a   Peng, Zuoxiang ^a   Nadarajah, Saralees ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

As ymptotic normality; Extreme value index; Location invariant property; Moment estimation; Order statistics; Regular varying functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009774801     PISSN: 00949000     EISSN: 15477363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0094-9000-09-00756-X     Document Type: Article

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