A convergent iterative procedure for constructing bivariate distributions

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1026-1037

  Shams, Sedigheh ^a  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bivariate distribution; Contingency tables; Convergence; Correlation matrix; Iterative procedure; Marginal distribution; Maximum entropy

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CORRELATION MATRIX; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY;

ENTROPY;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 77749289950     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610920902846521     Document Type: Article

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