Estimating Parameters of Logarithmic-Normal Distributions by Maximum Likelihood

Abstract

Abstract This paper is concerned with the three-parameter logarithmic normal distribution; i.e., the general distribution in which the terminus is unknown. Maximum likelihood equations for estimating population parameters from random samples are derived, and an iterative method for their solution is outlined. Variances and covariances of these estimates are obtained from the information matrix. An illustrative example is included.