On vertical density representation and ordering of distributions

Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Kotz, Samuel ^a   Troutt, Marvin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous univariate distributions; Ordering; Tail heaviness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043217314     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331889708802563     Document Type: Article

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