EXACT AND APPROXIMATE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THE LINEAR COMBINATION OF INVERTED DIRICHLET COMPONENTS

It is well known that X + Y has the F distribution when X and Y follow the inverted Dirichlet distribution. In this paper, we derive the exact distribution of the general form αX + βY (involving the Gauss hypergeometric function)and the corresponding moment properties. We also propose approximations and discuss evidence of their robustness based on the powerful Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The work is motivated by real-life examples in quality and reliability engineering.

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