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On a property of the exponential distribution
Author(s) -
Kabe D. G.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710220110
Subject(s) - mathematics , exponential distribution , natural exponential family , gamma distribution , exponentially modified gaussian distribution , geometric distribution , distribution (mathematics) , property (philosophy) , random variable , exponential function , exponential family , univariate distribution , infinite divisibility , statistics , combinatorics , mathematical analysis , probability distribution , philosophy , epistemology
If t is an independent exponentially distributed random variable, the distribution p = [t ‐ x ] is a modified geometric distribution, similar to the result of HAWKINS and KOTZ (1976), x is uniform.