IJPAM: Volume 74, No. 4 (2012)

A NOTE ON GENERALIZED
ALPHA-SKEW-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

A.H. Handam
Department of Mathematics
Al Al-Bayt University
P.O. Box 130095, Al Mafraq, JORDAN


Abstract. The alpha-skew-normal distributions is suggested by Elal-Olivero in [#!da!#]. In this paper, we modified this distribution to a generalized alpha-skew-normal distribution. Some properties of $GASN$ are investigated.

Received: November 3, 2011

AMS Subject Classification: 60E05, 44A60

Key Words and Phrases: alpha-skew-normal distribution, generalized alpha-skew-normal distribution, moment generating function

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Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN printed version: 1311-8080
ISSN on-line version: 1314-3395
Year: 2012
Volume: 74
Issue: 4