Further results on multivariate vertical density representation and an application to random vector generation

Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 463-477

  Pang, W K ^a   Yang, Z H ^b   Hou, S H ^a   Troutt, M D ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multivariate normal distribution; Random vector generation; Vertical density representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042215017     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331880108802748     Document Type: Article

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