Characterization of multinomial exponential families by generalized variance

Abdelaziz Ghribi and Afif Masmoudi

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2010, vol. 80, issue 11-12, 939-944

Abstract: In this paper, we show that the multinomial exponential families in a d-dimensional linear space are characterized by the determinant of their covariance matrix, named generalized variance.

Keywords: Exponential; family; Generalized; variance; Means; domain; Multinomial; distribution; Variance; function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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