On the characterization of distributions by their \(L\)-moments

DOI10.1016/j.jspi.2004.06.004zbMath1079.62017WikidataQ56050267 ScholiaQ56050267MaRDI QIDQ2581808

Jonathan R. M. Hosking

Publication date: 10 January 2006

Published in: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspi.2004.06.004

zbMATH Keywords

Order statistics; Legendre polynomials; Quantile function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62G30: Order statistics; empirical distribution functions

62E10: Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions

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