Besbeas, Panagiotis (1999) Parameter estimation based on empirical transforms. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis, University of Kent. (doi:10.22024/UniKent/01.02.86100) (KAR id:86100)
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Abstract
In this thesis, we provide a unified treatment of the topic of parameter estimation using integral transforms, such as the characteristic function and moment generating function. This topic encompasses a wealth of methods, which typically vary from each other in relation to the type of weight function and choice of integral transform that is being employed.
We show that the integrated squared error method dominates alternative transform methods, particularly in terms of robustness. We present a convenient and
flexible approach to dealing with the difficulty here surrounding the necessary weight function, and illustrate the success of this approach on the mixture of two normal distributions. Furthermore, we show that the integrated squared error method also outperforms the maximum likelihood method for this distribution,
particularly with samples with outliers or a small number of observations.
Item Type: | Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)) |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.22024/UniKent/01.02.86100 |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | Statistics |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science |
SWORD Depositor: | SWORD Copy |
Depositing User: | SWORD Copy |
Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2019 16:28 UTC |
Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2022 12:13 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/86100 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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