On maximum entropy characterization of Pearson's type II and VII multivariate distributions

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-75

  Zografos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Maximum entropy principle; Multivariate t distribution, multivariate Cauchy distribution; Pearson's type II and VII distributions; Shannon entropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038128274     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1999.1824     Document Type: Article

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