Representation and Simulation of Multivariate Dickman Distributions and Vervaat Perpetuities

Abstract

A multivariate extension of the Dickman distribution was recently introduced, but very few properties have been studied. We discuss several properties with an emphasis on simulation. Further, we introduce and study a multivariate extension of the more general class of Vervaat perpetuities and derive a number of properties and representations. Most of our results are presented in the even more general context of so-called $\alpha$-times self-decomposable distributions.