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A note on estimation of a shape parameter in a Pareto distribution

Mashu YabunoGraduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, JapanView further author information
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Hidekazu TanakaGraduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 7561-7574 | Received 06 Mar 2020, Accepted 07 Jan 2021, Published online: 29 Jan 2021

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