Research Article

Unit Interval Time and Magnitude Monitoring Using Beta and Unit Gamma Distributions

Table 5

Parameter estimates with standard errors (in parentheses) and goodness-of-fit statistics for the proportion of days between successive fire outbreaks and proportion of losses.

DistributionML estimatesAICBIC

Beta0.040 2(0.006 7)−106.889 3−104.451 6
21.108 9(2.099 4)

Unit gamma0.922 2(0.019 7)−124.597 7−122.160 0
39.733 8(10.842 3)