Table 5

Archimedean copulas used in this study with their generators
Family of copulas
 Generator φ (t)
 Parameter θ
 Bivariate Copula Cφ (u, v)
Independent
 -ln(t)
uv
Gumbel
 (-ln(t))θ
 θ ≥ 1
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Clayton
 t-θ -1
 θ > 0
 (u-θ + v-θ -1)-1/θ
Frank
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 θ ∈ ℝ
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El Adlouni et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:40   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-40

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