# \#maximum-likelihood

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## [Method of moments not robust to misspecified distribution](https://openturns.discourse.group/t/method-of-moments-not-robust-to-misspecified-distribution/48)

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**Author:** [@josephmure](https://openturns.discourse.group/u/josephmure)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://openturns.discourse.group/t/method-of-moments-not-robust-to-misspecified-distribution/48 "2021-01-10T22:31:02Z")

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The following code is adapted from an example invented by @KieranDelamotte. We try to fit a Gumbel distribution on a sample that is actually obtained from a mixture of a Gumbel and a Fréchet distribution. GumbelFactory …