Parameter Estimation of the Dirichlet Distribution Based on Entropy

The Dirichlet distribution as a multivariate generalization of the beta distribution is especially important for modeling categorical distributions. Hence, its applications vary within a wide range from modeling cell probabilities of contingency tables to modeling income inequalities. Thus, it is co...

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Main Authors: Büşra Şahin, Atıf Ahmet Evren, Elif Tuna, Zehra Zeynep Şahinbaşoğlu, Erhan Ustaoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Axioms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1680/12/10/947