This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We develop an estimation procedure for a discrete probability mass function (pmf) with unknown support. We derive its maximum likelihood ...

Nonparametric methods provide a flexible framework for estimating the probability density function of random variables without imposing a strict parametric model. By relying directly on observed data, ...

Advances in Applied Probability, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Sep., 1987), pp. 632-651 (20 pages) We consider a class of functions on [0,∞), denoted by Ω , having Laplace transforms with only negative zeros and ...

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