Superadditive Functions and a Statistical Application

DOI10.1137/0520082zbMath0688.44002OpenAlexW2025947201MaRDI QIDQ4207214

F. T. Wright, James H. Wells, Selden Y. Trimble

Publication date: 1989

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0520082

zbMATH Keywords

Laplace transformsmaximum likelihood estimatesstatistical inferencecompletely monotonic functionssuperadditive

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Estimation in multivariate analysis (62H12) Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Laplace transform (44A10) Inequalities for sums, series and integrals (26D15)

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