Nonlinear Least Squares Estimation of the Shifted Gompertz Distribution

Authors

  • Darija Markovic Department of Mathematics, J. J. Strossmyer University of Osijek, Croatia
  • Dragan Jukic Department of Mathematics, J. J. Strossmyer University of Osijek, Croatia

Keywords:

shifted Gompertz distribution, nonlinear least squares, least squares estimate, $l_p$-norm estimate, existence problem

Abstract

The focus of this paper is the existence of the best least squares estimate for the shifted Gompertz distribution. As a main result, two theorems on the existence of the least squares estimate are obtained, as well as their generalization in the $l_p$ norm ($1\leq p<\infty$).

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Published

2017-02-03

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2: (January 2017)

Section

Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Analysis

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Nonlinear Least Squares Estimation of the Shifted Gompertz Distribution. (2017). European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 10(2), 157-166. https://www.ejpam.com/index.php/ejpam/article/view/2563