Properties of estimators for the gamma distribution
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation
- Vol. 11 (4) , 377-519
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03610918208812270
Abstract
Accurate moments of maximum likelihood and moment estimators for the scale and shape parameters of a two parameter gamma density are given, the former being tabulated over a segment of the parameter space. In addition, joint acceptance regions are given for a particular case. The three parameter model is also considered and comments made on second order asymptotics for the maximum likelihood estimatorsKeywords
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