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As is well known, the normal distribution is a key tool in probability and statistics. It can be described as a distribution that obeys a universal rule derived from one of the most important theorems ...

Generalized order statistics provide a unifying framework that extends beyond conventional order statistics by encompassing record values, sequential order statistics, and other related types of ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series D (The Statistician), Vol. 48, No. 4 (1999), pp. 507-516 (10 pages) We show how to use computer algebra for computing exact distributions of ...

Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (1960-2002), Vol. 52, No. 2 (Aug., 1990), pp. 133-143 (11 pages) The noncentral Wishart distribution arises in various areas of multivariate ...

where \(\mathsf{G}(\cdot)\) is some convex operator and \(\mathcal{F}\) is as set of feasible input distributions. Examples of such an optimization problem include finding capacity in information ...