Obtain maximum likelihood estimates

[TomJerry]

Problem :
It is assumed that the arrival of the number of calls X per hour follow a poisson distribution with parameter $$\lambda$$, A random sample X₁ = x₁ , X₂ = x₂,...x_n is taken .Obtain the maximum likelihood estimates of the average arrival rate.

Please can you provide me with some reference material so that i can solve such questions on my own .

 

[ych22]

Problem :
It is assumed that the arrival of the number of calls X per hour follow a poisson distribution with parameter $$\lambda$$, A random sample X₁ = x₁ , X₂ = x₂,...x_n is taken .Obtain the maximum likelihood estimates of the average arrival rate.

Please can you provide me with some reference material so that i can solve such questions on my own .

Wikipedia's entry on MLE?

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Here's a reference on the procedure for several common distributions.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MaximumLikelihood.html