Maximum likelihood estimates of symmetric stable distribution parameters

B. Wade Brorsen; Seung Ryong Yang

doi:10.1080/03610919008812928

Maximum likelihood estimates of symmetric stable distribution parameters

B. Wade Brorsen, Seung Ryong Yang

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A method is developed to directly obtain maximum likelihood estimates of symmetric stable distribution parameters. This is a difficult estimation problem since the likelihood function is expressed as an integral. The estimation routine is tested on a Monte Carlo sample and produces reasonable estimates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1459-1464
Number of pages	6
Journal	Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03610919008812928
Publication status	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Paretian distribution
leptokurtosis
non-linear optimization
numerical integration

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Statistics and Probability
Modelling and Simulation

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