An expectation formula for the multivariate dirichlet distribution

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-137

  Letac, Gérard ^a   Massam, Hélène ^b   Richards, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirichlet distribution; Gamma distribution; Gaussian hypergeometric function; Generalized power function; Jordan algebra; Laplace transform; Lauricella function; Multivariate beta distribution; Multivariate gamma function; Riesz measure; Symmetric cone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001402362     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.2000.1928     Document Type: Article

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