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A characterization of the negative binomial distribution via alpha-monotonicity

Sapatinas, Theofanis (1999) A characterization of the negative binomial distribution via alpha-monotonicity. Statistics & Probability Letters, 45 (1). pp. 49-53. ISSN 0167-7152. (doi:10.1016/S0167-7152(99)00041-3) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:16595)

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Abstract

We obtain a characterization of the negative binomial distribution by using arguments based on power-series families of distributions for alpha-monotone random variables.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/S0167-7152(99)00041-3
Uncontrolled keywords: power-series families of distributions; alpha-unimodality; alpha-monotonicity; negative binomial distribution
Subjects: Q Science
Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA276 Mathematical statistics
Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA273 Probabilities
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Depositing User: F.D. Zabet
Date Deposited: 26 Mar 2009 18:39 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:54 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/16595 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Sapatinas, Theofanis.

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