Generation of Continuous Multivariate Distributions for Statistical Applications

American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 1984, Pages 225-248

  Johnson, Mark E ^a   Wang, Chiang ^a   Ramberg, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ali; Beta Stacy; Burr; Cauchy; Elliptical distributions; Gumbel; Khintchine; Morgenstern; Plackett

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING - ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONTINUOUS MULTIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTIVARIATE MONTE CARLO STUDIES;

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0021654901     PISSN: 01966324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01966324.1984.10737145     Document Type: Article

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