💡 Idea for extended-support beta mixture (XBX) distribution: - Extend support via 4-parameter beta from (0, 1) to (-ν, 1 + ν) - Special cases: Beta for ν = 0 and Normal for ν → ∞ - Shrink towards beta by exponential mixture for ν - Censor outside [0, 1] to obtain point masses at 0 and 1

🧭 This was a long journey of almost a decade (interrupted by a couple of kids and a pandemic). 2015: First idea and basic theory. 2017: First implementation on R-Forge, work out details. 2024: Full implementation, application, paper. 🥳