scholarly journals Statistical analysis based on quaternion normal random variables

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Rautenbach ◽  
J. J. J. Roux
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Probability Density Function ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Normal Distribution ◽  
Probability Density ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Estimation Procedure ◽  
Unknown Parameters ◽  
Quaternion Case

The quaternion normal distribution is derived and a number of characteristics are highlighted. The maximum likelihood estimation procedure in the quaternion case is examined and the conclusion is reached that the estimation procedure is simplified if the unknown parameters of the associated real probability density function are estimated. The quaternion estimator is then obtained by regarding these estimators as the components of the quaternion estimator. By means of a example attention is given to a test criterium which can be used in the quaternion model.

scholarly journals Maximum-likelihood estimation of the parameters of a four-parameter class of probability distributions

1988 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siegfried H. Lehnigk
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Probability Density Function ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Probability Density ◽  
Density Function ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Initial Shape ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Image Position

We shall concern ourselves with the class of continuous, four-parameter, one-sided probability distributions which can be characterized by the probability density function (pdf) classIt depends on the four parameters: shift c ∈ R, scale b > 0, initial shape p < 1, and terminal shape β > 0. For p ≦ 0, the definition of f(x) can be completed by setting f(c) = β/bΓ(β−1)>0 if p = 0, and f(c) = 0 if p < 0. For 0 < p < 1, f(x) remains undefined at x = c; f(x)↑ + ∞ as x↓c.

Advanced Topics

2019 ◽  
pp. 57-74
Author(s):  
Carey Witkov ◽  
Keith Zengel
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Probability Density Function ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Probability Density ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Nonlinear Problems ◽  
Probability Density Functions ◽  
Density Functions ◽  
P Values ◽  
Chi Squared

A variety of advanced topics are introduced to offer greater challenge for beginners and to answer thorny questions often asked by early researchers who are just starting to use chi-squared analysis. Topics covered include probability density functions, p-values, the derivation of the chi-squared probability density function and its uses, reduced chi-squared, the Poisson distribution, and advanced techniques for maximum likelihood estimation in cases where uncertainties are not Gaussian or the model is nonlinear. Problems are included (with solutions in an appendix).

scholarly journals New class of Lindley distributions: properties and applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duha Hamed ◽  
Ahmad Alzaghal
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Simulation Study ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Statistical Properties ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Lifetime Data ◽  
Unknown Parameters ◽  
Lindley Distribution ◽  
New Class

AbstractA new generalized class of Lindley distribution is introduced in this paper. This new class is called the T-Lindley{Y} class of distributions, and it is generated by using the quantile functions of uniform, exponential, Weibull, log-logistic, logistic and Cauchy distributions. The statistical properties including the modes, moments and Shannon’s entropy are discussed. Three new generalized Lindley distributions are investigated in more details. For estimating the unknown parameters, the maximum likelihood estimation has been used and a simulation study was carried out. Lastly, the usefulness of this new proposed class in fitting lifetime data is illustrated using four different data sets. In the application section, the strength of members of the T-Lindley{Y} class in modeling both unimodal as well as bimodal data sets is presented. A member of the T-Lindley{Y} class of distributions outperformed other known distributions in modeling unimodal and bimodal lifetime data sets.

scholarly journals DECONVOLUTING PREFERENCES AND ERRORS: A MODEL FOR BINOMIAL PANEL DATA

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1846-1854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mogens Fosgerau ◽  
Søren Feodor Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Unknown Parameter ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Estimation Procedure ◽  
Choice Experiments ◽  
Stated Choice ◽  
Stated Choice Experiments

In many stated choice experiments researchers observe the random variablesVt,Xt, andYt= 1{U+δ⊤Xt+ εt<Vt},t≤T, whereδis an unknown parameter andUand εtare unobservable random variables. We show that under weak assumptions the distributions ofUand εtand also the unknown parameterδcan be consistently estimated using a sieved maximum likelihood estimation procedure.

scholarly journals Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Three-Parameter Weibull Distribution Using Evolutionary Strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Yang ◽  
Hu Ren ◽  
Zhili Hu
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Weibull Distribution ◽  
Likelihood Function ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Estimation Procedure ◽  
Evolutionary Strategy ◽  
Likelihood Method ◽  
Conventional Algorithm

The maximum likelihood estimation is a widely used approach to the parameter estimation. However, the conventional algorithm makes the estimation procedure of three-parameter Weibull distribution difficult. Therefore, this paper proposes an evolutionary strategy to explore the good solutions based on the maximum likelihood method. The maximizing process of likelihood function is converted to an optimization problem. The evolutionary algorithm is employed to obtain the optimal parameters for the likelihood function. Examples are presented to demonstrate the proposed method. The results show that the proposed method is suitable for the parameter estimation of the three-parameter Weibull distribution.

Back to the future: old methods for new estimation and test of the Gutenberg–Richter b-value for catalogues with variable completeness

2020 ◽  
Vol 224 (1) ◽  
pp. 337-339
Author(s):  
Matteo Taroni
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Estimation Procedure ◽  
B Value ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Classical Approach ◽  
Testing Procedures ◽  
Single Level ◽  
Different Levels

SUMMARY In this short paper we show how to use the classical maximum likelihood estimation procedure for the b-value of the Gutenberg–Richter law for catalogues with different levels of completeness. With a simple correction, that is subtracting the relative completeness level to each magnitude, it becomes possible to use the classical approach. Moreover, this correction allows to adopt the testing procedures, initially made for catalogues with a single level of completeness, for catalogues with different levels of completeness too.

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