Zero-truncated Poisson–Lindley distribution and its application

M.E. Ghitany, D.K. Al-Mutairi and S. Nadarajah

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 2008, vol. 79, issue 3, 279-287

Abstract: The zero-truncated Poisson–Lindley distribution is introduced and investigated. In particular, the method of moments and maximum likelihood estimators of the distribution’s parameter are compared in small and large samples. Application of the model to real data is given.

Keywords: Poisson–Lindley distribution; Zero-truncated distribution; Method of moments; Maximum likelihood; Bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2007.11.021

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