The power method transformation: Its probability density function, distribution function, and its further use for fitting data

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-249

  Headrick, Todd C ^a   Kowalchuk, Rhonda K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulants; Distribution fitting; Moments; Monte Carlo; Non normality; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947397206     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: 15635163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10629360600605065     Document Type: Article

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