%0 Journal Article %T Maximum Entropy and Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the Three-Parameter Kappa Distribution %A Bungon Kumphon %J Open Journal of Statistics %P 415-419 %@ 2161-7198 %D 2012 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojs.2012.24050 %X The two statistical principles of maximum entropy and maximum likelihood are investigated for the three-parameter kappa distribution. These two methods become equivalent in the discrete case with x, ¦Â£¾0 where 0£¼¦Á£½1/£¨2k+1£©¡Ü1, k=0,1,2¡­or the maximum entropy method. %K Maximum Entropy %K Maximum Likelihood %K Kappa Distribution %K Lagrange Multiplier %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=23747