Closed-form expressions for moments of a class of beta generalized distributions

Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-33

  Cordeiro, Gauss M ^a   Nadarajah, Saralees ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Beta beta distribution; Beta f distribution; Beta gamma distribution; Beta normal distribution; Beta student t distribution; De f riet function; Generalized kamp ; Lauricellla function of type a

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959300875     PISSN: 01030752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-BJPS109     Document Type: Article

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