Multitude of beta distributions with applications

Statistics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-179

  Nadarajah, Saralees ^a   Kotz, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Beta distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947411286     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: 10294910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331880701223522     Document Type: Article

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