This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Activity Details

457 Wed, 8/4/2010, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-18 (East)
Estimation and Testing in Generalized Families of Distributions — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Computing
Organizer(s): Robert Arthur Ravenscroft King, University of Newcastle, Paul Jacobus van Staden, University of Pretoria
Chair(s): Robert Arthur Ravenscroft King, University of Newcastle
8:35 AM A Parameterization of the Generalized Lambda Distribution with Closed-Form Expressions for Method of L-Moment Estimation Paul Jacobus van Staden, University of Pretoria
8:55 AM Tests of Goodness-of-Fit Based on Smooth Alternatives to the Quantile Function Olivier Thas, Ghent University ; John C.W. Rayner, University of Newcastle
9:15 AM A New Subfamily of the Mirror-Exponential Distribution Guillermina Jasso, New York University
9:35 AM Modeling Skewness and Kurtosis with the S-EGSH David C. Vaughan, Wilfrid Laurier University
9:55 AM Floor Discussion



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