Modelling and analysis of count data using a renewal process

M. J. Faddy

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1996, vol. 31, issue 2, 129-132

Abstract: The Poisson process may be generalised by an ordinary renewal process with the times between renewals following a gamma distribution. Over- (under-) dispersion of the distribution of the number of renewals relative to the Poisson distribution is the result, according as the coefficient of variation of this gamma distribution is > 1 (

Keywords: Poisson; distribution; Renewal; process; Over-dispersion; Under-dispersion; Data; analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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