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Skewed Distributions Generated by the Laplace Kernel

Saralees NadarajahDepartment of StatisticsUniversity of NebraskaLincoln, NE68583
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Samuel KotzDepartment of Engineering Management and Systems EngineeringThe George Washington UniversityWashington, D.C.20052
Pages 321-349 | Published online: 14 Aug 2013

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