A generalized geometric distribution and some of its properties

Andreas N. Philippou, Costas Georghiou and George N. Philippou

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1983, vol. 1, issue 4, 171-175

Abstract: A generalized geometric distribution is introduced and briefly studied. First it is noted that it is a proper probability distribution. Then its probability generating function, mean and variance are derived. The probability distribution of the sum Yr of r independent random variables, distributed as generalized geometric, is derived. Finally, sufficient conditions are presented under which we can derive the limiting distribution of Yr - kr as r --> [infinity].

Keywords: Generalized; geometric; distribution; probability; generating; function; mean; variance; generalized; negative; binomial; distribution; generalized; Poisson; distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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