A comparison of procedures for estimating the parent probability distribution from a given set of fractiles

DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00002-8zbMath1153.91598OpenAlexW2013603048MaRDI QIDQ1579505

Hon-Shiang Lau, John F. Kottas, Amy Hing-Ling Lau

Publication date: 14 September 2000

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-2217(99)00002-8

zbMATH Keywords

ForecastingRisk analysisStatistical distribution theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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Uses Software

• IMSL Numerical Libraries

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