SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis · 1989 · 51 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesBiostatisticsMathematicsProbability TheoryStatisticsInferential StatisticsLaplace Transform MethodsLikelihood EstimationLikelihood FunctionsMaximum Likelihood EstimationStatistical InferenceLaplace TransformMaximum Likelihood EstimatorMaximum Likelihood InferenceMethod Of Maximum LikelihoodUniqueness Conditions
It is shown that the reciprocals of a class of Laplace transforms are superadditive. This is used to establish the uniqueness of maximum likelihood estimates for a statistical inference problem.MSC codes26D1533A1562H12KeywordssuperadditiveLaplace transformgamma functionmaximum likelihood estimates
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