Distributions generated by perturbation of symmetry with emphasis on a multivariate skew t-distribution

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 367-389

  Azzalini, Adelchi ^a   Capitanio, Antonella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Central symmetry; Elliptical distributions; Healy's plot; Multivariate t distribution; Quadratic forms; Skew normal distribution; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037900005     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00391     Document Type: Article

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