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Table 1 Coefficient of variation γ 2, coefficient of skewness γ 3, and kurtosis γ 4 for B-S and I-G distributions

From: Revisit of relationships and models for the Birnbaum-Saunders and inverse-Gaussian distributions

Distribution

γ 2

γ 3

γ 4

B-S(α, β)

\(\frac {\alpha \sqrt {4 + 5 \alpha ^{2}}}{2 + \alpha ^{2}}\)

\(\frac {4 \alpha (6 + 11 \alpha ^{2})}{(4 + 5 \alpha ^{2})^{3/2}}\)

\(3 + \frac {6 \alpha ^{2} (40 + 93 \alpha ^{2})}{(4 + 5 \alpha ^{2})^{2}}\)

I-G(μ, λ)

\(\sqrt {\frac {\mu }{\lambda }}\)

\(3\sqrt {\frac {\mu }{\lambda }}\)

\(3 + 15 \left (\frac {\mu }{\lambda }\right)\)