On the characterization of a class of binary operations on distribution functions

Claudi Alsina, Roger B. Nelsen and Berthold Schweizer

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1993, vol. 17, issue 2, 85-89

Abstract: We characterize the class of binary operations \/o on distribution functions which are both induced pointwise, in the sense that the value of \/o(F, G) at g is a function of F(t) and G(t) (e.g. mixtures), and derivable from functions on random variables (e.g. convolution).

Keywords: Copulas; mixtures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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