A maximum entropy characterization of symmetric Kotz type and Burr multivariate distributions

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Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-83

  Aulogiaris, G ^a   Zografos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Burr distribution; Kotz type multivariate distribution; Maximum entropy principle; Pareto type III distribution; Shannon entropy

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EID: 11144274009     PISSN: 11330686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02603001     Document Type: Article

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