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Remarks on a parameter estimation for von Mises–Fisher distributions

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We point out an error in the proof of the main result of the paper of Tanabe et al. (Comput Stat 22:145–157, 2007) concerning a parameter estimation for von Mises–Fisher distributions, we correct the proof of the main result and we present a short alternative proof.

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Acknowledgments

The research of Á. Baricz was supported in part by the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and in part by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-RU-TE-2012-3-0190.

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  1. Department of Economics, Babeş-Bolyai University, 400591 , Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Árpád Baricz

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The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1007/s00180-007-0030-7.

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Baricz, Á. Remarks on a parameter estimation for von Mises–Fisher distributions. Comput Stat 29, 891–894 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-014-0493-2

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