Factorial moment characterizations for certain Binomial-type distributions

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3059-3068

  Kemp, Adrienne W ^a   Kemp, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Carrier borne epidemic; Characterization; Factorial moment; Grassia binomial distribution; Randomized occupancy distribution; Specified occupancy distribution; Weiss distribution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHARACTERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CARRIER-BORNE EPIDEMIC; FACTORIAL MOMENT; GRASSIA BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZED OCCUPANCY DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIED OCCUPANCY DISTRIBUTION; WEISS DISTRIBUTION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 11444263418     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-200039045     Document Type: Article

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