Note on a characterization of gamma distributions

Wen-Jang Huang and Li-Sue Chen

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1989, vol. 8, issue 5, 485-487

Abstract: Let M>K. If Y1,...,YK are independent; U, YK+1,..., YK+M are independent, U has a [beta](cK/(M - K), 1) distribution, where 0

Keywords: beta; distribution; characterization; gamma; distribution; infinitely; divisible; Laplace--Stieltjes; transform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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