Approximating lognormal sum distributions with power lognormal distributions

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2611-2617

  Liu, Z ^a   Almhana, J ^a   McGorman, R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Generalized lognormal (GLN) distribution; Lognormal sum distribution; Power lognormal (PLN) distribution

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM VARIABLES; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION (C.F.); EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LOGNORMAL; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTAL; WIRELESS (WIFI) COMMUNICATION;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 48749095652     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.912338     Document Type: Article

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