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

Activity Details

635 Thu, 8/5/2010, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-218 (West)
Topics in Statistical Distributions — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Computing
Chair(s): Trent Lalonde, University of Northern Colorado
8:35 AM A Two-Parameter Generalized Double Exponential Distribution Mian Arif Shams Adnan, Jahangirnagar University ; Humayun Kiser, Jahangirnagar University
8:50 AM Wrapped Three Parameter Gamma Distribution Shongkour Roy, Jahangirnagar University ; Mian Arif Shams Adnan, Jahangirnagar University
9:05 AM A Weighted Logarithmic Distribution: Stretching the Long Tail Michael Terry Anderson, The University of Texas at San Antonio ; Ram C. Tripathi, The University of Texas at San Antonio
9:20 AM Finite Sample Properties of Minimum Kolmogorov-Smirnov Estimator and Maximum Likelihood Estimator for Right-Censored Data Jerzy Wieczorek, U.S. Census Bureau ; Jong Sung Kim, Portland State University
9:35 AM Conditional Moments of P(Y Mohammed A. Shayib, Prairie View A&M University ; Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi, Prairie View A&M University
9:50 AM Robust Estimation of Mixtures of Heavy-Tailed Distributions A. M. Santos, IBM/University of Colorado Denver ; Karen Kafadar, Indiana University
10:05 AM Floor Discussion



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