Research Article
A Fast and Efficient Estimation of the Parameters of a Model of Accident Frequencies via an MM Algorithm
Algorithm 1
MM algorithm for computing the MLE
Input: , , ... and , ..., | Output: MLE | 1 Initialize and where and for all , ; | 2 repeat | 3 ; | 4 For all , update , where for all , | | 5 Set and | 6 until | 7 Set . |
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