Table 1 Simulation results

Method

# Iterations

α₁=2

α₂=2

α₃=2

% Error

MOM

176

2.0557

2.0983

2.0764

3.84

MLE

51

2.0412

2.0798

2.0479

2.81

Method

# Iterations

α₁=5

α₂=15

α₃=2

% Error

MOM

589

5.0351

14.7148

1.9684

1.40

MLE

147

5.1932

15.1998

2.0496

2.56

Method

# Iterations

α₁=0.5

α₂=0.5

α₃=2

% Error

MOM

28

0.4964

0.4639

1.9212

3.96

MLE

23

0.4903

0.4821

1.9503

2.67

Method

# Iterations

α₁=2

α₂=2

α₃=10

% Error

MOM

385

1.9349

2.0153

10.1145

1.72

MLE

85

1.9745

2.0713

10.3528

2.79