Spearman's rho of the Plackett family #
For the Plackett copula C_θ (θ > 0, θ ≠ 1) the inner integral is elementary: writing
disc(u,v) = x² + 4θv(1-v) with x = (θ-1)u + 1 - (θ+1)v, a primitive of √disc in u is
(x √disc + 4θv(1-v) log(x + √disc)) / (2(θ-1)), and the logarithmic boundary terms combine
to log θ. This gives
∫₀¹ C_θ(u,v) du = v/2 + v(1-v) (θ² - 1 - 2θ log θ) / (2(θ-1)²)
(PlackettSpearman.integral_plackettCDF) and hence Mardia's formula (K. V. Mardia, Some
contributions to contingency-type bivariate distributions, Biometrika 54 (1967); see Nelsen 2006,
§3.3.1):
ρ(C_θ) = (θ + 1)/(θ - 1) - 2θ log θ/(θ - 1)² (spearmanRho_plackett), with ρ(C_1) = 0.
A primitive of u ↦ √disc(u,v) for 0 < v < 1.
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The closed form of the inner integral ∫₀¹ C_θ(u,v) du.
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A primitive of u ↦ C_θ(u,v).
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The inner integral of the Plackett copula, for every v ∈ [0,1] and θ ≠ 1.
Spearman's rho of the Plackett copula (Mardia 1967; Nelsen 2006, §3.3.1):
ρ(C_θ) = (θ + 1)/(θ - 1) - 2θ log θ/(θ - 1)² for θ ≠ 1.
ρ(C_1) = ρ(Π) = 0.