and their application in practice. Accordingly, it covers broad topics in the theory and application of both empirical …

most useful distributions in statistical theory, including the normal, gamma, binomial, Poisson, and negative binomial …. Strongly motivated by applications, it presents the essential theory and then demonstrates the theory's practical potential by …

This textbook highlights the many practical uses of stable distributions, exploring the theory, numerical algorithms … later. The following chapters present the theory of stable distributions, a wide range of applications, and statistical … researchers in probability theory who seek an authoritative reference on stable distributions. …