Maximum Likelihood Estimation for q-Exponential (Tsallis) Distributions

dc.creatorShalizi, Cosma Rohilla
dc.date2007-01-29
dc.date2007-02-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:08:39Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:08:39Z
dc.descriptionThis expository note describes how to apply the method of maximum likelihood to estimate the parameters of the ``$q$-exponential'' distributions introduced by Tsallis and collaborators. It also describes the relationship of these distributions to the classical Pareto distributions.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure; accompanying R code available from http://bactra.org/research/tsallis-MLE/. V2: Added results on estimation from censored data, re-arranged introduction, minor corrections and wording changes throughout, updated code
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701854
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0701854
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/131335
dc.subjectStatistics Theory
dc.subjectData Analysis, Statistics and Probability
dc.subject62F10; 62P35
dc.titleMaximum Likelihood Estimation for q-Exponential (Tsallis) Distributions
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