Some results on non-central beta distributions

Authors

  • Andrea Ongaro Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
  • Carlo Orsi Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/5825

Keywords:

beta distribution, non-centrality, moments, mixture representations, hypergeometric functions

Abstract

In this paper a new non-central beta distribution is defined. Several properties are derived (including various representations and moments expressions) both for the new and the standard non-central beta distribution, showing a greater tractability and interpretability of the former.

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Published

2015-03-31

How to Cite

Ongaro, A., & Orsi, C. (2015). Some results on non-central beta distributions. Statistica, 75(1), 85–100. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/5825

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Vol. 75 No. 1 (2015)

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