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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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 |
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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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