@inproceedings{c1e3235764e548f290b649c9c53762b3,
title = "PhFit: A general phase-type fitting tool",
abstract = "PhFit, a new Phase-type fitting tool is presented in this paper. PhFit allows for approximating distributions or set of samples not only by continuous but by discrete Phase-type distributions as well. The implemented algorithms separate the fitting of the body and the tail part of the distribution which results in satisfactory fitting also for heavy-tail distributions. Moreover, PhFit allows the user to choose the distance measure according to which the fitting is performed. The tool is equipped with a graphical interface that visualizes the goodness of the provided approximation from several aspects.",
keywords = "Phase-type distribution, Phase-type fitting",
author = "Andrea Bobbio and Andr{\'a}s Horv{\'a}th and Mikl{\'o}s Telek",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1109/DSN.2002.1028966",
language = "English",
isbn = "0769515975",
series = "Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "543",
booktitle = "Proceedings - International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DSN 2002",
address = "United States",
note = "2002 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, DNS 2002 ; Conference date: 23-06-2002 Through 26-06-2002",
}