The multivariate g-and-h distribution

Technometrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-111

  Field, Christopher ^a   Genton, Marc G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kurtosis; Multivariate; Quantiles; Shape; Skewness; Transformation

Indexed keywords

KURTOSIS; MULTIVARIATE; QUANTILES; SKEWNESS;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33344464406     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/004017005000000562     Document Type: Article

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