A logistic approximation to the cumulative normal distribution

Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-127

  Bowling, Shannon R ^a   Khasawneh, Mohammad T ^b   Kaewkuekool, Sittichai ^c   Cho, Byung Rae ^d  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation; Logistic; Minimax criteria; Normal distribution

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; LOGISTICS;

APPROXIMATE FUNCTION; APPROXIMATION; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; MAXIMUM ERROR; MINIMAX;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956622678     PISSN: 20138423     EISSN: 20130953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3926/jiem.2009.v2n1.p114-127     Document Type: Article

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