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Abstract
We introduce a two-parameter circular family of distributions based on the traditional von Mises distribution. A comprehensive account of the general properties of the new circular distribution is provided. Maximum likelihood estimation of the model parameters is discussed, and we provide a simple method to find the maximum likelihood estimates numerically. We also derive the expected Fisher information matrix for the model parameters. An empirical application to a real data set is considered to illustrate the new circular distribution in practice.
期刊介绍:
The Brazilian Academy of Sciences (BAS) publishes its journal, Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (AABC, in its Brazilianportuguese acronym ), every 3 months, being the oldest journal in Brazil with conkinuous distribukion, daking back to 1929. This scienkihic journal aims to publish the advances in scienkihic research from both Brazilian and foreigner scienkists, who work in the main research centers in the whole world, always looking for excellence.
Essenkially a mulkidisciplinary journal, the AABC cover, with both reviews and original researches, the diverse areas represented in the Academy, such as Biology, Physics, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Agrarian Sciences, Engineering, Mathemakics, Social, Health and Earth Sciences.