2.4.5 Bivariate cdf



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2.4.5 Bivariate cdf

The cumulative distribution function for a bivariate pdf is defined in an analogous way to the univariate case:

 

and we can express the probability that the random doublet falls within a finite region of the - plane in terms of this pdf:

 



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