The moment generating function of a bivariate gamma-type distribution

A bivariate gamma-type density function involving a confluent hypergeometric function of two variables is being introduced. The inverse Mellin transform technique is employed in conjunction with the transformation of variable technique to obtain its moment generating function, which is expressed in terms of generalized hypergeometric functions. Its cumulative distribution function is given in closed form as well. Many distributions such as the bivariate Weibull, Rayleigh, half-normal and Maxwell distributions can be obtained as limiting cases of the proposed gamma-type density function. Computable representations of the moment generating functions of these distributions are also provided. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.