Hosking (J. R. Statist. Soc. B, 1990) and Hosking and Wallis (Regional frequency analysis: an approach based on L-moments, Cambridge University Press, 1997) have described L-moments and L-moment ratios, quantities useful in the summarization and estimation of probability distributions. This report contains details of Fortran routines that should facilitate the use of L-moment-based methods.
By: J. R. M. Hosking
Published in: RC20525 in 1996
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