An overview on the progeny of the skew-normal family -- a personal perspective

DOI10.1016/j.jmva.2021.104851zbMath1493.62269OpenAlexW3206559559MaRDI QIDQ2062793

Adelchi Azzalini

Publication date: 3 January 2022

Published in: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2021.104851

zbMATH Keywords

skew-normal distributionskew-elliptical distributionssymmetry-modulated distributionsflexible families of distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characterization and structure theory for multivariate probability distributions; copulas (62H05) Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10) Distribution theory (60Exx)

Related Items

Stochastic representations and probabilistic characteristics of multivariate skew-elliptical distributions, A multivariate skew-normal-Tukey-\(h\) distribution, Mixture-based estimation of entropy

Uses Software

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• sn
• EMMIXcskew
• CensMixReg
• skewlmm
• skewnreg

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