Often neither the exact density nor the exact cumulative distribution function (c.d.f.) of a statistic of interest is available in the statistics and econometrics literature (e.g., the maximum ...

With the current interest in copula methods, and fat-tailed or other non-normal distributions, it is appropriate to investigate technologies for managing marginal distributions of interest. We explore ...

In this paper, we consider the discrete power function associated with the sixth Painlevé equation. This function is a special solution of the so-called crossratio equation with a similarity ...