NWU property of a class of random sums

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 283-289

  Cai, Jun ^a   Kalashnikov, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Discrete NWU distribution; Geometric sum; Mixed Poisson distribution; NWU distribution; Random sum; Renewal process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034147850     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1014842286     Document Type: Article

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