Convolution and sampling theory of the binormal distribution as a prerequisite to its application in statistical process control

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-47

  Garvin, J S ^a   McClean, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binormal distribution; Convolution; Joined half Gaussian; Skewed distributions; Statistical process control; Two piece normal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141754321     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00057     Document Type: Article

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