Polynomial Families of Distributions
Abstract
It is often necessary to estimates the population distribution of a random variate from a sample of observed values. Standard parametric families may not provide satisfactory fit to the data. A polynomial family is constructed by assuming that the distribution function G is a constrained polynomial of the cumulative distribution F of a convenient parametric family. Polynomial families offer great flexibility in data fitting, while retaining the important feature of parametric families that information in the data is condensed into a moderate number of values.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA263873
Entities
People
- D. R. Divgi
Organizations
- Center for Naval Analyses