Package elki.math.statistics.distribution.estimator

Class LaplaceMLEEstimator

java.lang.Object

elki.math.statistics.distribution.estimator.LaplaceMLEEstimator

All Implemented Interfaces:

DistributionEstimator<LaplaceDistribution>

@Reference(title="The Double Exponential Distribution: Using Calculus to Find a Maximum Likelihood Estimator",
           authors="R. M. Norton",
           booktitle="The American Statistician 38 (2)",
           url="https://doi.org/10.2307/2683252",
           bibkey="doi:10.2307/2683252")
public class LaplaceMLEEstimator
extends java.lang.Object
implements DistributionEstimator<LaplaceDistribution>

Estimate Laplace distribution parameters using Median and mean deviation from median.

Reference:

R. M. Norton
The Double Exponential Distribution: Using Calculus to Find a Maximum Likelihood Estimator
The American Statistician 38 (2)

Since:

0.6.0

Author:

Erich Schubert

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	LaplaceMLEEstimator.Par	Parameterization class.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static LaplaceMLEEstimator	STATIC	Static instance.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	LaplaceMLEEstimator()	Private constructor, use static instance!

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<A> LaplaceDistribution	estimate(A data, NumberArrayAdapter<?,A> adapter)	General form of the parameter estimation
java.lang.Class<? super LaplaceDistribution>	getDistributionClass()	Get the class that is produced by the estimator.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface elki.math.statistics.distribution.estimator.DistributionEstimator

estimate

Field Detail

STATIC

public static final LaplaceMLEEstimator STATIC

Static instance.

Constructor Detail

LaplaceMLEEstimator

private LaplaceMLEEstimator()

Private constructor, use static instance!

Method Detail

estimate

public <A> LaplaceDistribution estimate(A data,
                                        NumberArrayAdapter<?,A> adapter)

Description copied from interface: DistributionEstimator

General form of the parameter estimation

Specified by:

estimate in interface DistributionEstimator<LaplaceDistribution>

Parameters:

data - Data set

adapter - Number array adapter

Returns:

Estimated distribution

getDistributionClass

public java.lang.Class<? super LaplaceDistribution> getDistributionClass()

Description copied from interface: DistributionEstimator

Get the class that is produced by the estimator.

Specified by:

getDistributionClass in interface DistributionEstimator<LaplaceDistribution>

Returns:

Distribution class

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object