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Two characterisations of a gamma mixture distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

M. Gharib
M. Gharib
Affiliation:
Mathematics DepartmentFaculty of ScienceAin Shams UniversityCairoEgypt
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Abstract

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Two characterisations are obtained for a gamma mixture distribution. The first is a generalisation of a result of Engel, Zijlstra and Philips [4] and the second based on Gumbel's bivariate exponential distribution. The two characterisatio are of direct relevance to some practical problems.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , December 1995 , pp. 353 - 358
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1995

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