1 Parameter Estimation of Stable Distributions
Zhaozhi Fan
Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
Volume 35, Issue 2, 2006
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2 Testing the stable Paretian assumption
M. S. Paolella
Mathematical and Computer Modelling
Volume 34, Issues 9-11, November 2001, Pages 1095-1112
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895717701001182
3 Parameterizations and modes of stable distributions
John P. Nolan
Statistics & Probability Letters
Volume 38, Issue 2, 1 June 1998, Pages 187-195
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167715298000108