A new method for fast computing unbiased estimators of cumulants

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-165

  Di Nardo, E ^a   Guarino, G ^b   Senato, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Umbral calculus; Univariate and multivariate k statistics; Univariate and multivariate polykays

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849111678     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-008-9080-0     Document Type: Article

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