This book describes the inferential and modeling advantages that this distribution, together with its generalizations and modifications, offers. The exposition systematically unfolds with many examples, tables, illustrations, and exercises. A comprehensive index and extensive bibliography also make this book an ideal text for a senior undergraduate and graduate seminar on statistical distributions, or for a short half-term academic course in statistics, applied probability, and finance.

Preface * Part I. Univariate Distributions * 1. Historical Background * 2. Classical Symmetric Laplace Distribution * 3. Asymmetric Laplace Distributions * 4. Related Distributions * Part II. Multivariate Distributions * 5. Symmetric Multivariate Laplace Distribution * 6. Asymmetric Multivariate Laplace Distribution * Part III. Applications * 7. Engineering Sciences * 8. Financial Data * 9. Inventory Management and Quality Control * 10. Astronomy, Biological and Environmental Sciences * Appendix A. Bessel Functions * References * Index