Some Truncated Distributions

Long-tailed distributions arise in many areas of the sciences. These distributions, however, suffer from the weakness of not having finite moments of all orders and this weakness has restricted their use. In this note, we introduce truncated versions of five of the most commonly known long-tailed distributions—which possess finite moments of all orders and could therefore be better models. Explicit expressions for the moments are derived for each of the truncated distributions. Several applications are illustrated using real data.     

二元寿命分布的识别性及参数估计

讨论二元寿命分布的识别性及参数估计,仅是最小值的分布已知时,只有一个参数可识别,当可识最小值的分布已知时,所有参数皆可识别;由此得到了所有参数的最大似然估计.     

Some General Characterizations of the Bivariate Gumbel Distribution and the Bivariate Lomax Distribution Based on Truncated Expectations

Recently attempts have been made to characterize probability distributions via truncated expectations in both univariate and multivariate cases. In this paper we will use a well known theorem of Lau and Rao (1982) to obtain some characterization results, based on the truncated expectations of a functionh, for the bivariate Gumbel distribution, a bivariate Lomax distribution, and a bivariate power distribution. The results of the paper subsume some earlier results appearing in the literature.     

服从二维指数分布的非独立随机变量的线性组合的分布

国内外学者对αX+βγ的分布的研究很多,然而大部分都是在X与Y独立并且服从同一分布的前提下研究的,而对X与Y非独立的情况研究很少,至今未在国内见到相关研究成果,将基于这种考虑,以在可靠性中应用最广泛分布之一的二维指数分布为例,推出了αX+βY的分布.是受可靠性及质量工程等方面的现实例子启发下完成的.     

二元混合型索赔分布的复合模型的递推方程

杨静平，程士宏，吴芹(2002)最近给出了索赔额服从一元混合型分布的复合模型的递推公式．本文则将其结果推广到二元情形．并把我们的结果应用于超额赔款再保险实务中．     

On Moments of Folded and Truncated Multivariate Normal Distributions

Recurrence relations for integrals that involve the density of multivariate normal distributions are developed. These recursions allow fast computation of the moments of folded and truncated multivariate normal distributions. Besides being numerically efficient, the proposed recursions also allow us to obtain explicit expressions of low-order moments of folded and truncated multivariate normal distributions. Supplementary material for this article is available online.     

Bivariate gamma distributions, sums and ratios

Exact distributions of R = X +Y and W = X/(X +Y ) and the corresponding moment properties are derived when X and Y follow five flexible bivariate gamma distributions. The expressions turn out to involve several special functions.     

Approximations for Bivariate Extreme Values

We study the tail behavior of distributions in the domain of attraction of bivariate extreme value distributions (this includes bivariate extreme value distributions themselves). We provide results on finite approximations of the tail behavior and its analytical shape. The results could form a basis to improve current statistical modeling of bivariate extreme values.     

Bivariate Distributions with Pearson Type VII Conditionals

In this article the most general class of bivariate distributions such that both conditional densities are Pearson Type VII, with fixed shape parameter, is fully characterized. Some of its properties and relations with other distributions are explored. The estimation of parameters is considered by the methods of maximum likelihood and pseudolikelihood and a method for random variate generation is presented along with a simulation experiment. Bivariate and multivariate extensions of the Pearson Type VII conditionals distribution are also discussed.     

Distributions of distances and volumes of balls in homogeneous lens spaces

Lens spaces are a family of manifolds that have been a source of many interesting phenomena in topology and differential geometry. Their concrete construction, as quotients of odd-dimensional spheres by a free linear action of a finite cyclic group, allows a deeper analysis of their structure. In this paper, we consider the problem of moments for the distance function between randomly selected pairs of points on homogeneous three-dimensional lens spaces. We give a derivation of a recursion relation for the moments, a formula for the kth moment, and a formula for the moment generating function, as well as an explicit formula for the volume of balls of all radii in these lens spaces.     

Testing Departures from Gamma, Rayleigh and Truncated Normal Distributions

This paper provides necessary and sufficient conditions for a solution to likelihood equations for an exponential family of distributions, which includes Gamma, Rayleigh and singly truncated normal distributions. Furthermore, the maximum likelihood estimator is obtained as a limit case when the equations have no solution. These results provide a way to test departures from Rayleigh and singly truncated normal distributions using the likelihood ratio test. A new easy way to test departures from a Gamma distribution is also introduced.     

Estimation of a Bivariate Extreme Value Distribution

Several threshold methods have been proposed for the purpose of estimating a bivariate extreme value distribution from a sample of data whose distribution is only in its domain of attraction. An integrated view of these methods is presented which leads to the introduction of a new asymptotically consistent estimator of the dependence function characterizing the extreme dependence structure. Through Monte Carlo simulations, the new estimator is also shown to do as well as its competitors and to outperform them in cases of weak dependence. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first time that the small-sample behavior of nonparametric bivariate threshold methods has ever been investigated.     

Bivariate extreme value distributions based on polynomial dependence functions

In this paper, we are concerned with bivariate differentiable models for joint extremes for dependent data sets. This question is often raised in hydrology and economics when the risk driven by two (or more) factors has to be quantified. Here we give a full characterization of polynomial models by means of their dependence function and dependence measure. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

二元Block～Basu型指数分布的特征及其应用

导出了二元Block~Basu型指数分布的一个特征,利用该特征,获得了二元Block~Basu型指数分布参数的最大似然估计及矩估计,给出了强度服从二元Block~Basu型分布时并联结构系统可靠度的估计,并给出了二元Block~Basu型指数分布的一个随机模拟.     

Adaptive Bivariate Chebyshev Approximation

We propose an adaptive algorithm which extends Chebyshev series approximation to bivariate functions, on domains which are smooth transformations of a square. The method is tested on functions with different degrees of regularity and on domains with various geometries. We show also an application to the fast evaluation of linear and nonlinear bivariate integral transforms.     

MM Algorithms for Some Discrete Multivariate Distributions

The MM (minorization–maximization) principle is a versatile tool for constructing optimization algorithms. Every EM algorithm is an MM algorithm but not vice versa. This article derives MM algorithms for maximum likelihood estimation with discrete multivariate distributions such as the Dirichlet-multinomial and Connor–Mosimann distributions, the Neerchal–Morel distribution, the negative-multinomial distribution, certain distributions on partitions, and zero-truncated and zero-inflated distributions. These MM algorithms increase the likelihood at each iteration and reliably converge to the maximum from well-chosen initial values. Because they involve no matrix inversion, the algorithms are especially pertinent to high-dimensional problems. To illustrate the performance of the MM algorithms, we compare them to Newton’s method on data used to classify handwritten digits.     

矩形网格上的二元切触有理插值

二元切触有理插值是有理插值的一个重要内容,而降低其函数的次数和解决其函数的存在性是有理插值的一个重要问题.二元切触有理插值算法的可行性大都是有条件的,且计算复杂度较大,有理函数的次数较高.利用二元Hermite（埃米特）插值基函数的方法和二元多项式插值误差性质,构造出了一种二元切触有理插值算法并将其推广到向量值情形.较之其它算法,有理插值函数的次数和计算量较低.最后通过数值实例说明该算法的可行性是无条件的,且计算量低.     

On the Maximum of Bivariate Normal Random Variables

The behavior of the mean and variance of the maximum of bivariate normal random variables to changes in the means, variances, and covariance of the underlying random variables is considered.     

二元二次函数逼近的存在性和局部性

This paper analysis the local behavior of the bivariate quadratic function approximation to a bivariate function which has a given power series expansion about the origin. It is shown that the bivariate quadratic Hermite-Pade form always defines a bivariate quadratic function and that this function is analytic in a neighborhood of the origin.     

Some Classes of Multivariate Life Distributions in Discrete Time

New classes of multivariate survival distribution functions based on monotonic behaviour of a multivariate failure rate are developed in the discrete set up. Relationship among the classes along with multivariate geometric distributions that act as boundaries of the various classes are identified.