Computing the noncentral beta distribution with S-system

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 343-360

  Chen, Z Y ^a   Chou, Y C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Differential equation; Power law; Recasting; Statistical computing; Taylor series

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

NONCENTRAL BETA DISTRIBUTION; POWER LAW; TAYLOR SERIES;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0033729890     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(99)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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