The t family and their close and distant relations

Journal of the Korean Statistical Society

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-302

  Jones, M C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

60E05; 62 02; Exponential tails; Heavy tailed distribution; Order statistics; Power tails; primary; secondary; Sinh arcsinh; Skew t distribution; Student; t2

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049143661     PISSN: 12263192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jkss.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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