• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.11-18
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• 1999

To estimate the mean and the variance of a lognormal distribution, Finney (1941) derived the uniformly minimun variance unbiased estimators(UMVUE) in the form of infinite series. However, the conditions ${\sigma}^{2}\;>\;n\;and\;{\sigma}^{2}\;<\;\frac{n}{4}$ for computing $E(\hat{\theta}_{AM})\;and\;E(\hat{\eta}^{2}_{AM})$ are necessary. In this paper, we give an alternative derivation of the UMVUE's.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.657-667
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• 2006

The concept of entropy, introduced in communication theory by Shannon (1948) as a measure of uncertainty, is of prime interest in information-theoretic statistics. This paper considers the minimum variance unbiased estimation for the maximum entropy of the transformed inverse Gaussian random variable by $Y=X^{-1/2}$. The properties of the derived UMVU estimator is investigated.