Re: [Help-gsl] MLE for random distribution parameters

[Brian Gough]

GAUTAM DIVGI writes:
 > Is there a GSL extension to compute maximum likelyhood estimates of various
 > random number distributions from empirical data? MLE for some distributions
 > is pretty straightforward ( exponential ) but for others like gamma, beta
 > distributions some computation / code-writing is needed. If there is are
 > existing functions then I would like to use them otherwise I would like to
 > know how to contribute these functions to future GSL releases.

Hello,

I don't know of any extensions for this. All the extensions I've heard
of are listed at http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/

-- 
best regards,

Brian Gough

Network Theory Ltd,
Publishing the GSL Manual - http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gsl/manual/