Estimating Parameters of Gumbel Distribution using the Methods of Moments, probability weighted Moments and maximum likelihood

We derive here estimators for the parameters of the Gumbel distribution using three estimating methods, namely, the probability weighted moments, the moment and the maximum likelihood methods. Furthermore, we compare the performance of these estimators using simulations. Both integer and non-integer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smail Mahdi, Myrtene Cenac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2012-03-01
Series:Revista de Matemática: Teoría y Aplicaciones
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/matematica/article/view/259