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On the method of maximum likelihood estimation for the log-Pearson type 3 distribution

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Arora, K., Singh, V.P. On the method of maximum likelihood estimation for the log-Pearson type 3 distribution. Stochastic Hydrol Hydraul 2, 155–160 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01543458

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