For a class of skew-normal matrix distributions, the density function, moment generating function and independence conditions are obtained. The noncentral skew Wishart distribution is defined, and the necessary and sufficient conditions under which a quadratic form is noncentral skew Wishart...

A new location invariant loss function is considered and the best invariant estimator of normal mean is obtained. This estimator is a function of the moment generating function of the lognormal distribution. The admissibility is studied of a class of linear estimators of the form cX + d, where X...

In this paper, a multivariate form of truncated generalized Cauchy distribution (TGCD), which is denoted by (MVTGCD), is introduced. The joint density function, conditional density function, moment generating function and mixed moments of order <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$${b=\sum_{i=1}^{k}b_{i}}$$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> are obtained. Making...</equationsource></inlineequation>

This paper considers a model where there is a single state variable that drives the state of the world and therefore the asset price behavior. This variable evolves according to a multi-state continuous time Markov chain, as the continuous time counterpart of the Hamilton (1989) model. It...

We study a five-parameter lifetime distribution called the McDonald extended exponential model to generalize the exponential, generalized exponential, Kumaraswamy exponential and beta exponential distributions, among others. We obtain explicit expressions for the moments and incomplete moments,...