On a class of distributions defined by the relationship between their density and distribution functions

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1835-1843

  Jones, M C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary beta distribution; Logistic distribution; Quantile density function

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPLEMENTARY BETA DISTRIBUTION; LOGISTIC DISTRIBUTION; QUANTILE DENSITY FUNCTION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 34547313776     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610920601126464     Document Type: Article

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