An interactive computer package for fitting probability distributions to observed data

An important problem which occurs in many different disciplines is that of determining a probability distribution which is a good representation of an observed data set. For example, in building a simulation model of a manufacturing process or of a ...

Given a gamma probability distribution g as the observed distribution, and the information available on moments of the random variable, the probability distribution @? is derived such that the @g^2-distance between @? and g is minimum. The explicit ...

Two techniques are described for approximating distributions on the positive half-line by combinations of exponentials. One is based on Jacobi polynomial expansions, and the other on the logbeta distribution. The techniques are applied to some well-...