Distributions that are both log-symmetric and R-symmetric

Electronic Journal of Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1300-1308

  Jones, M C ^a   Arnold, Barry C ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double symmetry; Lognormal distribution; Moment equivalence; Weighted distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008831850     PISSN: 19357524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/08-EJS301     Document Type: Article

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