Model selection: some generalized distributions

DOI10.1080/03610928708829422zbMath0614.62020OpenAlexW2022250041MaRDI QIDQ4721382

James B. McDonald, Dale O. Richards

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610928708829422

zbMATH Keywords

model selectionMaximum likelihood estimationWeibullexponentialRayleighlognormalgeneralized gammaFeller-ParetoBurrKappafour-parameter generalized beta distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10) Probability distributions: general theory (60E05) Statistical distribution theory (62E99)

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