AI & Computingarticle2026-09-23

The Pearson IV distribution: random variate generation and applications

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Abstract

We develop uniformly fast random variate generators for the Pearson IV distribution that can be used over the entire range of both shape parameters and highlight some applications in a Bayesian setting.

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View paper (DOI)Open access version OpenAlexJournal of Statistical Computation and SimulationPublished 2026-09-23

Authors: Luc Devroye, Joe R. Hill

Institutions: McGill University

Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models Statistical Mechanics and Entropy Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications