A new family of non-negative distributions

被引：72
作者：
Hankin, RKS
Lee, A
机构：
[1] Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton SO14 3ZH, Hants, England
[2] Univ Auckland, Dept Stat, Auckland, New Zealand
来源：
AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF STATISTICS | 2006年 / 48卷 / 01期
基金：
英国自然环境研究理事会;
关键词：
Davies distribution; maximum likelihood; uniform order statistics;
D O I：
10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.00426.x
中图分类号：
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号：
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要：
We introduce a new, flexible family of distributions for non-negative data, defined by means of a quantile function. We describe some properties of this family, and discuss several methods for estimating the parameters. The distribution is applied to an example from environmental engineering.
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页码：67 / 78
页数：12
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