Large number of rare events explained

In statistics, large number of rare events (LNRE) modeling summarizes methods that allow improvements in frequency distribution estimation over the maximum likelihood estimation when "rare events are common".^[1]

It can be applied to problems in linguistics (see Zipf distribution), in various natural phenomena, in chemistry, in demography and in bibliography, amongst others.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statistical estimation for Large Numbers of Rare Events . Department of Linguistics - Home . 2019-06-28.
2. Web site: Large number of rare events:Diversity analysis in multiple choice questionnaires and related topics. Giorgi Kvizhinadze. A thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington. Victoria University of Wellington. 2010.