Re: Cauchy PDF + Parameter Estimate

2002-02-26 Thread Herman Rubin
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Glen Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Herman Rubin wrote: >> In article , >> Chia C Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >Hi! >> >Does anyone come across some Matlab code to estimate the parameters for the >> >Cauchy PDF?? Or some

Re: Cauchy PDF + Parameter Estimate

2002-02-25 Thread Glen Barnett
Herman Rubin wrote: > > In article , > Chia C Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi! > > >Does anyone come across some Matlab code to estimate the parameters for the > >Cauchy PDF?? Or some other sources about the method to estimate their > >parameters?? > > What

Re: Cauchy PDF + Parameter Estimate

2002-02-25 Thread Herman Rubin
In article , Chia C Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi! >Does anyone come across some Matlab code to estimate the parameters for the >Cauchy PDF?? Or some other sources about the method to estimate their >parameters?? What is so difficult about maximum likelihood?

Re: Cauchy PDF + Parameter Estimate

2002-02-25 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 25 Feb 2002 07:56:56 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kjetil halvorsen) wrote: >It isstraightforward tlo write down the loglikelihood, and then whatever >optimization routine (there must be one in Matlab) will help you! Just be careful when searching, because Cauchy likelihoods are frequently multi-

Re: Cauchy PDF + Parameter Estimate

2002-02-25 Thread kjetil halvorsen
It isstraightforward tlo write down the loglikelihood, and then whatever optimization routine (there must be one in Matlab) will help you! Kjetil Halvorsen Chia C Chong wrote: > > Hi! > > Does anyone come across some Matlab code to estimate the parameters for the > Cauchy PDF?? Or some other s

Cauchy PDF + Parameter Estimate

2002-02-25 Thread Chia C Chong
Hi! Does anyone come across some Matlab code to estimate the parameters for the Cauchy PDF?? Or some other sources about the method to estimate their parameters?? Thanks.. CCC = Instructions for joining and leaving this list,