Inference based on the Empirical Probability Generating function for Mixtures of Poisson Distributions

Statistics and Risk Modeling

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-366

  Rémillard, Bruno ^a   Theodorescu, Radu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consistent estimator; discrete Linnik distribution; discrete stable distribution; distribution theory; Mittag Leffler distribution; mixture of Poisson distributions; order statistic; Paretian distribution; probability generating function; Sibuya distribution; tailweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044371447     PISSN: 21931402     EISSN: 21967040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/strm.2000.18.4.349     Document Type: Article

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