On an extension of the von Mises distribution due to Batschelet

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1073-1085

  Pewsey, Arthur ^a   Shimizu, Kunio ^b   de la Cruz, Rolando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Jones Pewsey family; Leptokurtic; Likelihood inference; Platykurtic; Symmetric unimodal distributions; Von Mises distribution; Wrapped symmetric stable family; Wrapped t family

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952722444     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664761003759024     Document Type: Article

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