|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910876975403321 |
|
|
Autore |
Zelterman Daniel |
|
|
Titolo |
Discrete distributions : applications in the health sciences / / Daniel Zelterman |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-280-23879-8 |
9786610238798 |
0-470-34589-6 |
0-470-86890-2 |
0-470-86889-9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (307 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Wiley series in probability and statistics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Medical sciences - Mathematics |
Medical sciences - Mathematical models |
Medicine - Mathematics |
Distribution (Probability theory) |
Probabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-272) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Discrete Distributions; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Author; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Discrete Distributions in General; 1.2 Multivariate Discrete Distributions; 1.3 Binomial Distribution; 1.4 The Multinomial Distribution; 1.5 Poisson Distribution; 1.6 Negative Binomial Distribution; 1.7 Hypergeometric Distribution; 1.7.1 Negative hypergeometric distribution; 1.7.2 Extended hypergeometric distribution; 1.8 Stirling's Approximation; 2 Maximum Negative Binomial Distribution; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Outfitting the ark; 2.1.2 Medical screening application; 2.2 Elementary Properties |
2.2.1 Shapes of the distribution2.2.2 Moments of the distribution; 2.2.3 Modes of the distribution; 2.3 Asymptotic Approximations; 2.3.1 Large values of c and p 1/2; 2.3.2 Large values of c and p = 1/2; 2.3.3 Extreme values of p; 2.4 Estimation of p; 2.4.1 The likelihood function; 2.4.2 The EM estimate; 2.4.3 A Bayesian estimate of p; 2.5 Programs and Numerical Results; 2.6 Appendix: The Likelihood Kernel; 3 The |
|
|
|
|