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Constructing new probability distributions on the unit interval

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a novel method for constructing probability distributions on the unit interval by exploiting the non-injective transformation defined by the ratio of two positive random variables, $X$ and $Y$. For simplicity and tractability, we focus on independent random variables $X$ and $Y$ following gamma distributions. We derive some results including laws, density functions, quantile function and closed-form expressions for the moments, and discuss maximum likelihood estimation.

Authors

Vila R; Saulo H; Matos P; Dutta S

Publication date

August 2, 2025

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.2508.01154

Preprint server

arXiv
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