A systematic procedure for accurately approximating lognormal-sum distributions

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 663-666

  Zhang, Q T ^a   Song, S H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Approximation to lognormal sums; Distribution selection; Lognormal approximation; Pearson system; Pearson type IV model

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DISTRIBUTION SELECTION; LOGNORMAL APPROXIMATION; LOGNORMAL SUM; PEARSON SYSTEM;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 39549093378     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.905611     Document Type: Article

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