735
Views
14
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
INFERENCE

Efficient Estimation of Parameters of the Negative Binomial Distribution

&
Pages 767-783 | Received 28 May 2005, Accepted 21 Oct 2005, Published online: 15 Feb 2007

References

  • Anscombe , F. J. ( 1949 ). The statistical analysis of insect counts based on the negative binomial distribution . Biometrics 5 : 165 – 173 . [CSA]
  • Anscombe , F. J. ( 1950 ). Sampling theory of the negative binomial and logarithmic series distributions . Biometrika 37 : 358 – 382 . [INFOTRIEVE] [CSA] [CROSSREF]
  • Arbous , A. , Kerrich , J. ( 1951 ). Accident statistics and the concept of accident proneness . Biometrics 7 : 340 – 432 . [CSA]
  • Barndorff-Nielsen , O. , Yeo , G. ( 1969 ). Negative binomial processes . J. Appl. Probability 6 : 633 – 647 . [CSA] [CROSSREF]
  • Bondesson , L. ( 1992 ). Generalized Gamma Convolutions and Related Classes of Distributions and Densities . New York : Springer-Verlag .
  • Ehrenberg , A. ( 1988 ). Repeat-Buying: Facts, Theory and Applications . London : Charles Griffin & Company Ltd .; New York : Oxford University Press .
  • Fisher , R. A. ( 1941 ). The negative binomial distribution . Ann. Eugenics 11 : 182 – 187 . [CSA]
  • Grandell , J. ( 1997 ). Mixed Poisson Processes . London : Chapman & Hall .
  • Greenwood , M. , Yule , G. ( 1920 ). An inquiry into the nature of frequency distributions representative of multiple happenings with particular reference to the occurrence of multiple attacks of disease or of repeated accidents . J. Roy Statist. Soc. 93 : 255 – 279 . [CSA]
  • Haldane , J. B. S. ( 1941 ). The fitting of binomial distributions . Ann. Eugenics 11 : 179 – 181 . [CSA]
  • Johnson , N. L. , Kotz , S. , Kemp , A. W. ( 1992 ). Univariate Discrete Distributions . New York : John Wiley & Sons Inc .
  • Kendall , D. G. (1948a). On some modes of population growth leading to R. A. Fisher's logarithmic series distribution. Biometrika 35:6–15. [CSA] [CROSSREF]
  • Kendall , D. G. ( 1948b ). On the generalized “birth-and-death” process . Ann. Math. Statist. 19 : 1 – 15 . [CSA]
  • Lundberg , O. ( 1964 ). On Random Processes and Their Application to Sickness and Accident Statistics . Uppsala : Almquist and Wiksells .
  • Savani , V. , Zhigljavsky , A. ( 2006 ). Efficient parameter estimation for independent and INAR(1) negative binomial samples . Metrika (Accepted for publication) . [CSA]
  • Serfling , R. J. ( 1980 ). Approximation Theorems of Mathematical Statistics . New York : John Wiley & Sons Inc .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.