Moments of elliptically distributed random variates (Q1081243)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3969902
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Moments of elliptically distributed random variates
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3969902

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    Moments of elliptically distributed random variates (English)
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    This paper presents an inductive method for computing the moments of an elliptically distributed random variate. A sequence of new parameters relating centered higher-order to second moments is introduced. The known kurtosis parameter is shown to be a member of this sequence.
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    elliptical distribution
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    centered higher order moments
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    characterization
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    characteristic function
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    inductive method
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    elliptically distributed random variate
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    sequence of new parameters
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    kurtosis parameter
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