The Generalized Integer Gamma Distribution - A Basis for Distributions in Multivariate Statistics

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-102

  Coelho, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Independent Gamma variables; different scale parameters; integer shape parameters; independent Beta variables; Wilks' Lambda; likelihood ratio statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040086381     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1997.1710     Document Type: Article

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