Some remarks on the information geometry of the gamma distribution

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1959-1975

  Burbea, J ^a   Oller, J M ^b   Reverter, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0036866807     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-120015013     Document Type: Article

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