The Pearson IV distribution: Random variate generation and applications
Computation
2026-05-05 v1 Statistics Theory
Statistics Theory
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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@article{arxiv.2605.01586,
title = {The Pearson IV distribution: Random variate generation and applications},
author = {Luc Devroye and Joe R. Hill},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.01586},
year = {2026}
}