Moment-based approximations of distributions using mixtures: Theory and applications

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-230

  Lindsay, Bruce G ^a   Pilla, Ramani S ^b   Basak, Prasanta ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulants; Cumulative distribution function; Gamma mixtures; Mixture distribution; Moment matrix; p point mixture; Tail probability; Weighted sums of chi squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 6744255835     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004105603806     Document Type: Article

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