Jacobs, RianneBekker, Andriette, 1958-Human, Schalk William2017-01-172017-01-172012R. Jacobs , A. Bekker & S.W. Human (2012) On the Bivariate Kummer-Beta Type IV Distribution, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 41:18, 3339-3354,DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2011.560737.0361-0926 (print)1532-415X (online)http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/lsta20http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58531In this paper the non-central bivariate Kummer-beta type IV distribution is introduced and derived via the Laplace transform of the non-central bivariate beta distribution by Gupta et al. (2009). We focus on and discuss the central bivariate Kummer-beta type IV distribution; this distribution is a special case of the non-central bivariate Kummer-beta type IV distribution and extends the popular Jones’ bivariate beta distribution. The probability density functions of the product and the ratio of the components of the central bivariate Kummer-beta type IV distribution are also derived and we provide tabulations of the associated lower percentage points as well as some upper percentage points that are useful in reliability.en© Taylor and Francis LLC. This is an electronic version of an article published in Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, vol. 41, no. 18, pp. 3339-3354, 2012. doi : 10.1080/03610926.2011.560737. Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/lsta20.Bivariate Kummer-beta type IV distributionConfluent hypergeometric functionConfluent hypergeometric series of two variablesGauss hypergeometric functionLaplace transformMeijer’s G-functionMellin transformPercentage pointsPercentilesProductRatioPostprint Article