Derivatives of the incomplete beta function

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-20

  Boik, Robert J ^a   Robison Cox, James F ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored beta; Continued fractions; Truncated beta; Truncated beta binomial

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544317490     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v003.i01     Document Type: Article

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