On Fisher information matrices and profile log-likelihood functions in generalized skew-elliptical models

Metron

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-250

  Ley, Christophe ^a   Paindaveine, Davy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Generalized skew elliptical distributions; Profile likelihood; Singular fisher information matrix; Skew normal distributions; Skew t distributions; Skewness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956133201     PISSN: 00261424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03263537     Document Type: Article

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