Parameter Estimation
The maximum likelihood estimate of is
The maximum likelihood estimate of can be found using Newton's method on:
where is the digamma function. An initial estimate can be found by taking the formula for mean and solving it for Let be the sample mean. Then an initial estimate for is given by:
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