Asymptotic Comparison of Method of Moments Estimators and Maximum Likelihood Estimators of Parameter

• 作 者: G. Nanjundan T. Raveendra Naik
• 机 构: DepartmentofStatistics,Maharani’sScienceCollegeforWomen
• 出 处: 应用数学(英文)
• 发表日期: 2012年6期
• 关键词: ZERO-INFLATED POISSON Model Maximum LIKELIHOOD and MOMENT ESTIMATORS EM Algorith

This paper discusses the estimation of parameters in the zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) model by the method of moments. The method of moments estimators (MMEs) are analytically compared with the maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs). The results of a modest s