Determination of the modes of a Multinomial distribution

This paper presents an iterative algorithm for the computation of the mode(s) of a Multinomial distribution. A real multiplicative factor x is searched for so that the integer part of x times the probabilities of occurrence vector is a mode. We define bounds on x which can be used to compute the new mode(s) for variations on the parameters of the Multinomial distribution.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Gall, Françoise Le
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 62.2003, 4, p. 325-333
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Multinomial distribution Mode

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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