Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

By Christian Kleiber, Samuel Kotz,

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2003-08-11
Sales Rank: 263035
ISBN / ASIN: 0471150649
EAN: 9780471150640
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
Studio: Wiley-Interscience

Providing insight into a field of study that is now gaining global importance, this comprehensive treatment of statistical size distributions:

Describes in-full more than 25 models
Covers Lorenz curves, multimodal, and multivariate distributions
Pays specific attention to Italian, and to some degree Japanese sources
Emphasizes interrelations among various families
Accounts for more than 200 personal papers, theses, and technical reports by the authors, representing over 40 combined years of study and research
Opens a formerly European field to the global market