DOES THE CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTION NUMERICALLY DISTINGUISH DISTRIBUTIONS

被引:4
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作者
WALLER, LA
机构
来源
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN | 1995年 / 49卷 / 02期
关键词
FOURIER TRANSFORM; MOMENT-GENERATING FUNCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS;
D O I
10.2307/2684629
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
We consider an example given by McCullagh of different distributions with similar moment-generating functions. We illustrate that characteristic functions provide information beyond that given by moment-generating functions and can be used numerically to distinguish between distributions.
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页码:150 / 152
页数:3
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