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Generalized trapezoidal distributions. (English) Zbl 1021.60009

Summary: We present a construction and basic properties of a class of continuous distributions of an arbitrary form defined on a compact (bounded) set by concatenating in a continuous manner three probability density functions with bounded support using a modified mixture technique. These three distributions may represent growth, stability and decline stages of a physical or mental phenomenon.

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60E05 Probability distributions: general theory
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