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December, 1949 Application of the Method of Mixtures to Quadratic Forms in Normal Variates
Herbert Robbins, E. J. G. Pitman
Ann. Math. Statist. 20(4): 552-560 (December, 1949). DOI: 10.1214/aoms/1177729947

Abstract

The method of mixtures, explained in Section 2, is applied to derive the distribution functions of a positive quadratic form in normal variates and of the ratio of two independent forms of this type.

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Herbert Robbins. E. J. G. Pitman. "Application of the Method of Mixtures to Quadratic Forms in Normal Variates." Ann. Math. Statist. 20 (4) 552 - 560, December, 1949. https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177729947

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Published: December, 1949
First available in Project Euclid: 28 April 2007

zbMATH: 0036.20801
MathSciNet: MR32151
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aoms/1177729947

Rights: Copyright © 1949 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.20 • No. 4 • December, 1949
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