A location invariant moment-type estimator. I

Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics

Volumn 76, Issue , 2008, Pages 23-31

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

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme value index; Location invariant property; Moment estimation; Order statistics; Regular varying functions; Strong and weak consistencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009808183     PISSN: 00949000     EISSN: 15477363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0094-9000-08-00728-X     Document Type: Article

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