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EstimationMethod Enumeration

Represents the possible methods for estimating the parameters of a distribution.

[Visual Basic]
Public Enum EstimationMethod
[C#]
public enum EstimationMethod

Remarks

Pass an EstimationMethod value as a parameter to the static (Shared in Visual Basic)Estimate method of a probability distribution.

Members

Member NameDescription
Default Use the default method for the distribution. This may be either a maximum likelihood or matching moments, whichever is available.
MatchingMoments Estimate the parameters such that the moments of the distribution match the moments of the variable's distribution.
MaximumLikelihood Estimate the parameters using the method of maximum likelihood.

Requirements

Namespace: Extreme.Statistics.Distributions

Assembly: Extreme.Statistics (in Extreme.Statistics.dll)

See Also

Extreme.Statistics.Distributions Namespace