The Complex Watson Distribution and Shape Analysis

DOI10.1111/1467-9868.00210zbMath0940.62048MaRDI QIDQ4935292

Ian L. Dryden, Kanti V. Mardia

Publication date: 17 July 2000

Published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9868.00210

zbMATH Keywords

maximum likelihood; shape analysis; complex Bingham distribution; complex Watson distribution; complex sphere; Landmarks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62H11: Directional data; spatial statistics

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

62H05: Characterization and structure theory for multivariate probability distributions; copulas

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