EstimationMethod Enumeration

Represents the possible methods for estimating the parameters of a distribution.

Definition

Namespace: Numerics.NET.Statistics.Distributions
Assembly: Numerics.NET (in Numerics.NET.dll) Version: 9.0.4
C#
public enum EstimationMethod

Remarks

Pass an EstimationMethod value as a parameter to the staticEstimate method of a probability distribution.

Members

Default0 Use the default method for the distribution. This may be either a maximum likelihood or matching moments, whichever is available.
MatchingMoments1 Estimate the parameters such that the moments of the distribution match the moments of the variable's distribution.
MaximumLikelihood2 Estimate the parameters using the method of maximum likelihood.

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