id: 06130760
dt: j
an: 
au: Dai, Hongsheng; Bao, Yanchun; Bao, Mingtang
ti: Maximum likelihood estimate for the dispersion parameter of the negative
    binomial distribution.
so: Stat. Probab. Lett. 83, No. 1, 21-27 (2013).
py: 2013
pu: Elsevier Science B.V. (North-Holland), Amsterdam
la: EN
cc: 62
ut: dispersion parameter; fixed point; maximum likelihood estimate; negative
    binomial distribution; score function
ci: 
li: doi:10.1016/j.spl.2012.08.017
ab: Summary: This paper shows that the maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) for
    the dispersion parameter of the negative binomial distribution is
    unique under a certain condition. A fixed-point iteration algorithm is
    proposed and it guarantees to converge to the MLE, when the score
    function has a unique root.
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