A review of results on sums of random variables

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-140

  Nadarajah, Saralees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; Gamma distribution; Lognormal distribution; Rayleigh distribution; Sums; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; RANDOM VARIABLES; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BUSINESS MEDIA; LOGNORMAL; RAYLEIGH; SUMS OF RANDOM VARIABLES; WEIBULL; WIRELESS (WIFI) COMMUNICATION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 48349117552     PISSN: 01678019     EISSN: 15729036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10440-008-9224-4     Document Type: Article

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