CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION THEORY WITH APPLICATIONS
A thesis submitted to the University of Manchester
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
in the Faculty of Science and Engineering
2018
By
Xiao Jiang
School of Mathematics Contents
Abstract 10
Declaration 11
Copyright 12
Acknowledgements 13
1 Introduction 14
1.1 Aims ...... 14
1.2 Motivations and contributions ...... 15
2 Generalized hyperbolic distributions 17
2.1 Introduction ...... 17
2.2 The collection ...... 18
2.2.1 Generalized hyperbolic distribution ...... 19
2.2.2 Hyperbolic distribution ...... 20
2.2.3 Log hyperbolic distribution ...... 20
2.2.4 Normal inverse Gaussian distribution ...... 21
2.2.5 Variance gamma distribution ...... 21
2.2.6 Generalized inverse Gaussian distribution ...... 22
2 2.2.7 Student’s t distribution ...... 23
2.2.8 Normal distribution ...... 23
2.2.9 GH skew Student’s t distribution ...... 23
2.2.10 Mixture of GH distributions ...... 24
2.2.11 Geometric GH distribution ...... 24
2.2.12 Generalized generalized inverse Gaussian distribution ...... 24
2.2.13 Logarithmic generalized inverse Gaussian distribution ...... 25
2.2.14 Ψ2 hypergeometric generalized inverse Gaussian distribution . . . . 25
2.2.15 Confluent hypergeometric generalized inverse Gaussian distribution . 26
2.2.16 Nakagami generalized inverse Gaussian distribution ...... 27
2.2.17 Generalized Nakagami generalized inverse Gaussian distribution . . 28
2.2.18 Extended generalized inverse Gaussian distribution ...... 28
2.2.19 Exponential reciprocal generalized inverse Gaussian distribution . . 29
2.2.20 Gamma generalized inverse Gaussian distribution ...... 29
2.2.21 Exponentiated generalized inverse Gaussian distribution ...... 30
2.3 Real data application ...... 31
2.4 Computer software ...... 32
3 Smallest Pareto order statistics 37
3.1 Introduction ...... 37
3.2 Results for the smallest of Pareto type I random variables ...... 40
3.3 Results for the smallest of Pareto type II random variables ...... 43
3.4 Results for the smallest of Pareto type IV random variables ...... 48
3.5 Real data application ...... 49
3.6 Discussion and future work ...... 56
3 4 Smallest Weibull order statistics 61
4.1 Introduction ...... 61
4.2 Technical lemmas ...... 63
4.3 Results for the smallest of Weibull random variables ...... 67
4.4 Results for the smallest of lower truncated Weibull random variables . . . . 69
4.5 Real data application ...... 72
5 New discrete bivariate distributions 79
5.1 Introduction ...... 79
5.2 New distributions ...... 81
5.3 Data application ...... 87
6 Amplitude and phase distributions 95
6.1 Introduction ...... 95
6.2 Bivariate normal case ...... 99
6.3 The collection ...... 101
6.4 Simulation ...... 123
7 Characteristic functions of product 124
7.1 Introduction ...... 124
7.2 Simpler derivations for normal and gamma cases ...... 128
7.3 Expressions for characteristic functions ...... 129
7.4 Simulation results ...... 138
7.5 Future work: density function of the product ...... 139
8 Distribution of Aggregated risk and its TVaR 146
8.1 Introduction ...... 146
4 8.2 Mathematical notation ...... 148
8.3 The collection ...... 150
9 Moments using Copulas 168
9.1 Introduction ...... 168
9.2 Main results ...... 169
9.3 An extension ...... 178
9.4 Simulation ...... 179
10 Conclusions 182
10.1 Conclusions ...... 182
10.2 Future work ...... 183
A Appendix to Chapter 5 206
B Appendix to Chapter 6 208
C Appendix to Chapter 7 221
D Appendix to Chapter 8 234
E R codes for Chapter 3 252
F R codes for Chapter 4 255
G R codes for Chapter 5 259
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5 6 List of Tables
2.1 Fitted distributions...... 36
3.1 Sample sizes, parameter estimates( standard deviation ), and p-values based
on the Kolmogorov test...... 52
4.1 Sample sizes, parameter estimates with standard deviation, and p-values of
the Kolmogorov test...... 74
5.1 Parameter estimates, log-likelihood values, AIC values and BIC values for the
distributions fitted to the football data...... 90
5.2 Parameter estimates, log-likelihood values, AIC values and BIC values for the
distributions fitted to the transformed football data...... 90
5.3 Observed frequencies, expected frequencies and chisquare goodness of fit
statistics for the distributions fitted to the football data...... 90
5.4 Observed frequencies, expected frequencies and chisquare goodness of fit
statistics for the distributions fitted to the transformed football data. . . . . 92
A.1 The football data...... 207
7 List of Figures
3.1 Probability plots of the fits of the Pareto type I distribution for claims made
by female operators from the 12 states...... 53
3.2 Probability plots of the fits of the Pareto type I distribution for claims made
by male operators from the 12 states...... 54
h i h i 3.3 Plots of Fd1:12(x)/Gd1:12(x) (top left), fd1:12(x)/gd1:12(x) (top right), fd1:12(x)/Fd1:12(x) / gd1:12(x)/Fd1:12(x) n h io n h io Z ∞ Z ∞ (middle left), fd1:12(x)/ 1 − Fd1:12(x) / gd1:12(x)/ 1 − Gd1:12(x) (middle right), F 1:12(x)dx/ G1:12(x)dx t t Z ∞ Z ∞ (bottom left) and xf1:12(x)dx/F 1:12(t) / xg1:12(x)dx/G1:12(t) (bottom right). Also t t shown are the empirical versions of these ratios...... 55
4.1 Probability plots of the fits of the Weibull distribution for survival times for
short-time patients for the 10 different values of the number of lymph nodes
with detectable cancer...... 75
4.2 Probability plots of the fits of the Weibull distribution for survival times for
long-time patients for the 10 different values of the number of lymph nodes
with detectable cancer...... 76
h i h i 4.3 Plots of Fd1:10(x)/Gd1:10(x) (top left), fd1:10(x)/gd1:10(x) (top right) and fd1:10(x)/Fd1:10(x) / gd1:10(x)/Fd1:10(x)
(bottom left). Also shown are the empirical versions of these ratios...... 78
5.1 Contours of the correlation coefficient between X and Y versus λ1 and λ2 for
Model 3 and λ3 = 0.650...... 92
8 5.2 Contours of the correlation coefficient between X and Y versus λ1 and λ3 for
−7 Model 3 and λ2 = 4.856 × 10 ...... 93
5.3 Contours of the correlation coefficient between X and Y versus λ2 and λ3 for
Model 3 and λ1 = 0.914...... 94
7.1 Simulated histogram and theoretical probability density function of W = XY
when X is a standard normal random variable and Y is an independent unit
exponential random variable...... 141
7.2 Simulated histogram and theoretical probability density function of W = XY
when X is a standard normal random variable and Y is an independent
uniform [0, 1] random variable...... 142
7.3 Simulated histogram and theoretical probability density function of W = XY
when X is a standard normal random variable and Y is an independent power
function random variable with a =2...... 143
7.4 Simulated histogram and theoretical probability density function of W = XY
when X is a standard normal random variable and Y is an independent
Rayleigh random variable with λ =1...... 144
7.5 Simulated histogram and theoretical probability density function of W = XY
when X is a standard normal random variable and Y is an independent
exponentiated Rayleigh random variable with α = 2, λ = 1...... 145