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Probability distributions and orthogonal parameters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

V. S. Huzurbazar
V. S. Huzurbazar
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Fitzwilliam HouseCambridge
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Let f(x, αi) be the probability density function of a distribution depending on n parameters αi(i = 1,2, …, n). Then following Jeffreys(1) we shall say that the parameters αi are orthogonal if

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , April 1950 , pp. 281 - 284
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1950

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