Fitting the generalized lambda distribution to data: a method based on percentiles

DOI10.1080/03610919908813579zbMath0949.62013OpenAlexW1990503843MaRDI QIDQ4490205

Edward J. Dudewicz, Z. A. Karian

Publication date: 11 July 2000

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610919908813579

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data fittingmethod of momentsgeneralized beta distributiongeneralized lambda distributionmethod of percentilessystems of probability distributions

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