On the linear combination of exponential and gamma random variables

Entropy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-171

  Nadarajah, Saralees ^a   Kotz, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Exponential distribution; Gamma distribution; Linear combinations of random variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944489895     PISSN: 10994300     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e7020161     Document Type: Article

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