The multivariate skew-slash distribution

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-220

  Wang, Jing ^a   Genton, Marc G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauchy; Configural polysampling; Kurtosis; Multivariate distributions; Skew normal; Skewness; Slash

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944458108     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2004.06.023     Document Type: Article

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