A multivariate modified skew-normal distribution
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2024
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We introduce a multivariate version of the modified skew-normal distribution, which contains the multivariate normal distribution as a special case. Unlike the Azzalini multivariate skew-normal distribution, this new distribution has a nonsingular Fisher information matrix when the skewness parameters are all zero, and its profile log-likelihood of the skewness parameters is always a non-monotonic function. We study some basic properties of the proposed family of distributions and present an expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm for parameter estimation that we validate through simulation studies. Finally, we apply the proposed model to the univariate frontier data and to a trivariate wind speed data, and compare its performance with the Azzalini skew-normal model.
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EM algorithm, Fisher information matrix, Modified skew-normal, Skew-elliptical, Skew-generalized normal, Skew-normal