Estimation methods for the discrete Poisson-Lindley and discrete Lindley distributions with actuarial measures and applications in medicine

Discrete distributions have their important in modeling count data in several applied fields such as epidemiology, public health, sociology, medicine, and agriculture. This paper discusses the estimation of the parameters of two discrete models called discrete Poisson-Lindley and discrete Lindley di...

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Main Authors: Abdulhakim A. Al-Babtain, Ahmed M. Gemeay, Ahmed Z. Afify
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364720303281