The problem of unbiased estimation of the parameter θ in the binomial and Poisson distributions is considered. The variance of the estimate is required not to exceed a preassigned bound, B. For the ...

Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (1960-2002), Vol. 39, No. 3 (Dec., 1977), pp. 258-278 (21 pages) A generalized logarithmic series distribution (GLSD) with an additional parameter β ...

Neurons transmit information with sequences of action potentials. These responses are variable—repeated measurements under identical experimental conditions give different spike trains—but the origins ...

For binomial and Poisson distributions, the scale parameter has a value of 1. The variance of Y is for the binomial distribution and for the Poisson distribution. Overdispersion occurs when the ...

A study now shows that variability in neuronal responses in the visual system mainly arises from slow fluctuations in excitability, presumably caused by factors of nonsensory origin, such as arousal, ...