The four-parameter kappa distribution

DOI10.1147/rd.383.0251zbMath0811.60014MaRDI QIDQ4320791

Jonathan R. M. Hosking

Publication date: 19 April 1995

Published in: IBM Journal of Research and Development (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1147/rd.383.0251

zbMATH Keywords

distribution of annual maximum precipitation data; flood-frequency analysis; four-parameter kappa distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60E99: Distribution theory

62E99: Statistical distribution theory

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