Vincentization Revisited

Christian Genest · The Annals of Statistics · 1992

Vincentization is a convenient method of aggregating a set of $n \geq 2$ probability distributions $F_1, \ldots, F_n$ in such a way that their synthesis, $F = T(F_1, \ldots, F_n)$, be of the same functional form as the $F_i$'s when the latter are identical up to a location-scale transformation. A characterization of this combination rule is proposed and some of its consequences are outlined.

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