Accession Number:

AD0725080

Title:

Estimating the Parameters of a Gamma Distribution.

Descriptive Note:

Technical summary rept.,

Corporate Author:

WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Dahiya,Ram C.
• Gurland,John

Report Date:

1971-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

Generalized minimum chi-square estimators of parameters involved in a gamma distribution are obtained and their asymptotic behavior is compared with that of maximum likelihood estimators. Author

Descriptors:

• (*STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION)
• PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS
• MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)
• SAMPLING

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE