MOMENT ESTIMATORS FOR MIXTURES OF BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTIONS
Abstract
Two aspects to the problem of estimation in dealing with mixtures of distributions are considered. The first is the question of identifiability. A distribution function F which is a probability mixture of distribution functions belonging to some family D is identifiable if F can be written in only one way as a probability mixture of elements of D. The second aspect of the estimation problem is concerned with the construction for identifiable mixtures of estimators of the parameters of the component distributions and of the mixing measure. These problems are considered for mixtures of a known finite number. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0263243
Entities
People
- Wallace R. Blischke