Research article1998Peer reviewed
On the consistency of the maximum spacing method
Ekstrom, M
Abstract
The main result of this paper is a consistency theorem for the maximum spacing method, a general method of estimating parameters in continuous univariate distributions, introduced by Cheng and Amin (J. Roy. Statist. Sec. Ser. A 45 (1983) 394-403) and independently by Ranneby (Scand. J. Statist. 11 (1984) 93-112). This main result generalizes a theorem of Ranneby (Scand. J. Statist. 11 (1984) 93-112). Also, some examples are given, which shows that this estimation method works also in cases where the maximum likelihood method breaks down. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All nights reserved.
Keywords
estimation; sample spacings; maximum likelihood; maximum spacing method; maximum spacing estimate
Published in
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
1998, Volume: 70, number: 2, pages: 224209
UKÄ Subject classification
Probability Theory and Statistics
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3758(97)00185-7
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/100464