The multivariate skew-normal distribution

Biometrika

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 715-726

  Azzalini, A ^a   Dalla Valle, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bivariate distribution; Multivariate normal distribution; Skewness; Specified marginal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001417140     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/83.4.715     Document Type: Article

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