Nonparametric estimation of the age of a Galton-Watson branching process
KENNY S. CRUMP, RICHARD B. HOWE
Biometrika · 1972 · Volume 59 · Issue 3
Abstract
Some properties are developed for some nonparametric estimators of the age of a Galton-Watson branching process. A Monte-Carlo simulation shows that these estimators compare favourably with a parametric estimator studied earlier by Stigler (1970).
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