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SUBMITTER: Munkhammar J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5386244 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Munkhammar Joakim J Mattsson Lars L Rydén Jesper J
PloS one 20170410 4
We suggest a procedure for estimating Nth degree polynomial approximations to unknown (or known) probability density functions (PDFs) based on N statistical moments from each distribution. The procedure is based on the method of moments and is setup algorithmically to aid applicability and to ensure rigor in use. In order to show applicability, polynomial PDF approximations are obtained for the distribution families Normal, Log-Normal, Weibull as well as for a bimodal Weibull distribution and a ...[more]