On the ratio of two folded normal distributions

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 965-977

  Kim, Hea Jung ^a  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distributional properties; Doubly non central distributions; Ratio of folded normals; Unsigned data

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CAUCHY DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTIONAL PROPERTIES; DOUBLY NON CENTRAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RATIO OF FOLDED NORMALS; UNSIGNED DATA;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745356620     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610920600672229     Document Type: Article

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