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: 9.0.2

public enum EstimationMethod

Visual Basic

Public Enumeration EstimationMethod

C++/CLI

public enum class EstimationMethod

type EstimationMethod

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

Default	0	Use the default method for the distribution. This may be either a maximum likelihood or matching moments, whichever is available.
MatchingMoments	1	Estimate the parameters such that the moments of the distribution match the moments of the variable's distribution.
MaximumLikelihood	2	Estimate the parameters using the method of maximum likelihood.