Characterization properties based on the Fisher information for weighted distributions

George Tzavelas and Polychronis Economou

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2014, vol. 84, issue C, 54-59

Abstract: The Fisher information on θ of the r-size weighted pdf fr(x;θ) and its parent pdf f(x;θ) are compared leading to some characterization properties for f(x;θ). Additionally, some bounds for the Fisher information in terms of r are also presented.

Keywords: Weighted distribution; Fisher information; Log-normal distribution; Gamma distribution; Nuisance parameter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2013.09.022

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