Discrete probability distributions in the generalized moment problem

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 112, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 333-343

  Tagliani, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convex hull; Entropy; Generalized moment problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040953195     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(99)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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