Statistical applications of the multivariate skew normal distribution

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 579-602

  Azzalini, A ^a   Capitanio, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elliptical distributions; Multivariate normal distribution; Quadratic forms; Skew normal distribution; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001122047     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00194     Document Type: Article

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