Dai, Hongsheng and Bao, Yanchun and Bao, Mingtang (2013) 'Maximum likelihood estimate for the dispersion parameter of the negative binomial distribution.' Statistics & Probability Letters, 83 (1). pp. 21-27. ISSN 0167-7152

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Abstract

This paper shows that the maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) for the dispersion parameter of the negative binomial distribution is unique under a certain condition. A fixed-point iteration algorithm is proposed and it guarantees to converge to the MLE, when the score function has a unique root. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dispersion parameter; Fixed point; Maximum likelihood estimate; Negative binomial distribution; Score function
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Mathematical Sciences, Department of
SWORD Depositor:	Elements
Depositing User:	Elements
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2013 07:53
Last Modified:	11 Apr 2022 15:28
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/5500

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