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Discrete dispersion models and their Tweedie asymptotics

Bent Jørgensen (bentj@stat.sdu.dk) and Célestin Kokonendji (celestin.kokonendji@univ-fcomte.fr)

AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 2016, vol. 100, issue 1, 43-78

Abstract: We introduce a class of two-parameter discrete dispersion models, obtained by combining convolution with a factorial tilting operation, similar to exponential dispersion models which combine convolution and exponential tilting. The equidispersed Poisson model has a special place in this approach, whereas several overdispersed discrete distributions, such as the Neyman Type A, Pólya–Aeppli, negative binomial and Poisson-inverse Gaussian, turn out to be Poisson–Tweedie factorial dispersion models with power dispersion functions, analogous to ordinary Tweedie exponential dispersion models with power variance functions. Using the factorial cumulant generating function as tool, we introduce a dilation operation as a discrete analogue of scaling, generalizing binomial thinning. The Poisson–Tweedie factorial dispersion models are closed under dilation, which in turn leads to a Poisson–Tweedie asymptotic framework where Poisson–Tweedie models appear as dilation limits. This unifies many discrete convergence results and leads to Poisson and Hermite convergence results, similar to the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem, respectively. The dilation operator also leads to a duality transformation which in some cases transforms overdispersion into underdispersion and vice versa. Finally, we consider the multivariate factorial cumulant generating function, and introduce a multivariate notion of over- and underdispersion, and a multivariate zero inflation index. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016

Keywords: Factorial cumulant generating function; Factorial tilting family; Infinite dilatability; Multivariate discrete distribution; Over-/underdispersion; Poisson–Tweedie mixture; 60E10; 62E20; 62H05 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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