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Distribution Theory

Distribution Theory is a mathematical framework within functional analysis that generalizes the concept of function to enable the rigorous treatment of singular objects, such as Dirac delta functions, by defining them as continuous linear functionals on spaces of test functions.

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Theory Of Distributions

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A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability

Waloddi Weibull · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1951 · 11.4K citations

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Distribution Theory for Glass's Estimator of Effect size and Related Estimators

Larry V. Hedges · Journal of Educational Statistics · 1981 · 4.9K citations

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Time Series Regression with a Unit Root

P. C. B. Phillips · Econometrica · 1987 · 2.9K citations

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A class of distributions which includes the normal ones

Adelchi Azzalini · Research Padua Archive (University of Padua) · 1985 · 2.6K citations

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ON A CLASS OF SKEW DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS

Herbert A. Simon · Biometrika · 1955 · 2.5K citations

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  1. RE
    Ricardo Estrada

    Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

    14 publications · 318 citations

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  2. AH
    A. H. Zemanian

    Stony Brook University, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. MG
    M. G. Kendall

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 615 citations

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  4. GM
    Gauss M. Cordeiro

    Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. AS
    A. Stuart

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 551 citations

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Institutions

843

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    316 citations

  2. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    506 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    419 citations

  4. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    569 citations

  5. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    569 citations

  6. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    470 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics

    47 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. Journal of the American Statistical Association

    37 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. Pacific Journal of Mathematics

    28 publications · 1K citations

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  4. The Annals of Statistics

    24 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. Biometrika

    20 publications · 5.3K citations

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