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Library: finance
See also: mleev0 lrseev

Quantlet: mleev
Description: Maximum likelihood estimator for EV model

Usage: {gamma, mu, sigma} = mleev (x)
Input:
x vector
Output:
gamma scalar, estimated shape parameter
mu scalar, estimated location parameter
sigma scalar, estimated scale parameter

Example:
library("finance")
randomize(0)
x=randx("ev",100,1)
m=mleev(x)
m

Result:
Contents of m.gamma
[1,]  0.071478
Contents of m.mu
[1,]  -12.021
Contents of m.sigma
[1,]   34.671



Author: M. Thomas, 19990503 license MD*Tech
(C) MD*TECH Method and Data Technologies, 05.02.2006