Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Negative Binomial Dispersion Parameter for Highly Overdispersed Data, with Applications to Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: The negative binomial distribution is used commonly throughout biology as a model for overdispersed count data, with attention focused on the negative binomial dispersion parameter, k. A substantial literature exists on the estimation of k, but most attention has focused on datasets that...

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Autor principal: Lloyd-Smith, James O.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1791715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17299582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000180

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1791715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17299582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000180

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