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

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

Mohamed Abd Elwahab Mahmoud, H. M. Moustafa

Publication date: 24 May 1994

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

zbMATH Keywords

discriminant function; simulation; maximum likelihood estimates; small samples; mixture of two gamma distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62H30: Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects)

62F10: Point estimation

65C05: Monte Carlo methods

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Uses Software

• AS 103

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