On (p1,…,pk)-spherical distributions

Abstract

The class of (p1,…,pk)-spherical probability laws and a method of simulating random vectors following such distributions are introduced using a new stochastic vector representation. A dynamic geometric disintegration method and a corresponding geometric measure representation are used for generalizing the classical χ2-, t- and F-distributions. Comparing the principles of specialization and marginalization gives rise to an alternative method of dependence modeling.