CITAN (version 2011.08-1)

pareto2.mlekestimate: Estimation of shape parameter for the Pareto-II distribution (MLE)

Description

Finds the unbiased maximum likelihood estimator of the type II Pareto distribution's shape parameter $k$ for known scale parameter $s$.

Usage

pareto2.mlekestimate(x, s)

Arguments

x
a non-negative numeric vector.
s
scale parameter, $s>0$.

Value

  • A single numeric value is returned, the unbiased ML estimator of $k$.

See Also

dpareto2, pareto2.goftest, pareto2.zsestimate, pareto2.mleksestimate