On maximization of the likelihood for the generalized gamma distribution

DOI10.1007/s00180-012-0314-4zbMath1305.65066OpenAlexW2035092680MaRDI QIDQ2255837

M. C. Jones, Angela Noufaily

Publication date: 18 February 2015

Published in: Computational Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-012-0314-4

zbMATH Keywords

iterative solutionNelder-Mead algorithmBroyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to statistics (62-08)

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