Characterizations, length-biasing, and infinite divisibility

Statistical Papers

Volumn 37, Issue , 1996, Pages 53-69

  Pakes, Anthony G ^a   Sapatinas, T ^c   Fosam, E B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characterization and structure theory; Infinite divisibility; Natural exponential families; Weighted and length biased distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642280855     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02926159     Document Type: Article

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