A Characterization of the Members of a Subfamily of Power Series Distributions
G. Nanjundan
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DOI: 10.4236/am.2011.26099   PDF    HTML     7,608 Downloads   11,340 Views   Citations

Abstract

This paper discusses a characterization of the members of a subfamily of power series distributions when their probability generating functions satisfy the functional equation where a, b and c are constants and is the derivative of f.

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G. Nanjundan, "A Characterization of the Members of a Subfamily of Power Series Distributions," Applied Mathematics, Vol. 2 No. 6, 2011, pp. 750-751. doi: 10.4236/am.2011.26099.

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