EFFICIENCY OF TWO ESTIMATORS FOR A POISSON DISTRIBUTION.

Abstract

A given Poisson phenomenon is characterized by a single parameter. From observed records this parameter may be estimated in at least two ways, namely by the mean and variance estimates from the sample, each computed from the observations. The efficiency of the variance estimate (as compared with the mean estimate) decays rapidly as the value of the parameter increases, and increases slowly with increasing sample sizes.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0649910

Entities

People

  • M. L. Eaton
  • W. L. Wilcoxson

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Data Acquisition
  • Efficiency
  • Estimators
  • Observation

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Regression Analysis.