Fitting the Generalized Lambda Distribution with Location and Scale-Free Shape Functionals

DOI10.1080/01966324.2007.10737708zbMath1154.62313OpenAlexW4247507531WikidataQ58117201 ScholiaQ58117201MaRDI QIDQ3602306

H. L. MacGillivray, Robert A. R. King

Publication date: 12 February 2009

Published in: American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01966324.2007.10737708

zbMATH Keywords

ratio of spread functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10) Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10)

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