Estimation of a discriminant function from a mixture of two gamma distributions when the sample size is small

DOI10.1016/0895-7177(93)90135-LzbMath0791.62063OpenAlexW1990135046MaRDI QIDQ1324316

H. M. Moustafa, Mohamed Abd Elwahab Mahmoud

Publication date: 24 May 1994

Published in: Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(93)90135-l

zbMATH Keywords

discriminant functionsimulationmaximum likelihood estimatessmall samplesmixture of two gamma distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Point estimation (62F10) Monte Carlo methods (65C05)

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Uses Software

• AS 103

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