Characterizations using record moments in a random record model and applications

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 826-833

  Nagaraja, H N ^a   Barlevy, Gadi ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric distribution; Job search model; Moment sequence; Order statistics; Record spacing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242592972     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1059060910     Document Type: Article

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