Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Unrooted 3-Leaf Trees: An Analytic Solution for the CFN Model
Max Hill, Sebastien Roch, Jose Israel Rodriguez
This paper provides a closed-form solution for maximum likelihood estimation of unrooted 3-leaf trees under the CFN model, characterizing when maximum likelihood estimates fail to exist.
DOI 10.1007/s11538-024-01340-x