MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD-ESTIMATES OF SYMMETRICAL STABLE DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS

被引:37
作者
BRORSEN, BW
YANG, SR
机构
[1] PURDUE UNIV,DEPT AGR ECON,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[2] N DAKOTA STATE UNIV,DEPT AGR ECON,FARGO,ND 58105
关键词
PARETIAN DISTRIBUTION; LEPTOKURTOSIS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATION; NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION;
D O I
10.1080/03610919008812928
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
A method is developed to directly obtain maximum likelihood estimates of symmetric stable distribution parameters. This is a difficult estimation problem since the likelihood function is expressed as an integral. The estimation routine is tested on a Monte Carlo sample and produces reasonable estimates.
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页码:1459 / 1464
页数:6
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