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Original Articles

Maximum likelihood estimation for the beta distribution

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Pages 253-258 | Received 03 Jul 1977, Published online: 20 Mar 2007
 

Abstract

A fast method of calculating the two-parameter maximum-likelihood estimates of the beta distribution is given which does not require starting values and is generally free from convergence problems.

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