A discrete analogue of the Laplace distribution

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1090-1102

  Inusah, Seidu ^a   Kozubowski, Tomasz J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete normal distribution; Double exponential distribution; Exponential distribution; Geometric infinite divisibility; Infinite divisibility; Laplace distribution; Maximum entropy property; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044456086     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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