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In the present paper, we give some general theorems on characterizations based on conditional expectations of the functions of order statistics. In addition, we indicate special forms of the theorems for the familiar probability distributions.
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Wu, JW., Ouyang, L.Y. On characterizing distributions by conditional expectations of functions of order statistics. Metrika 43, 135–147 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02613903
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02613903