Complex elliptical distributions with application to shape analysis

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2961-2982

  Micheas, Athanasios C ^a   Dey, Dipak K ^b   Mardia, Kanti V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Complex elliptical family of distributions; Complex Watson shape distribution; Credible set; Modal shape; Shape distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646511533     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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