Creating new distributions using integration and summation by parts

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Publication:6316618

arXiv1904.01859MaRDI QIDQ6316618FDOQ6316618

Rose D. Baker

Publication date: 3 April 2019

Abstract: Methods for generating new distributions from old can be thought of as techniques for simplifying integrals used in reverse. Hence integrating a probability density function (pdf) by parts provides a new way of modifying distributions; the resulting pdfs are integrals that sometimes require computation as special functions. Summation by parts can be used similarly for discrete distributions. The general methodology is given, with some examples of distribution classes and of specific distributions, and fits to data.












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