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In this paper, the hyperexponential distribution is characterized using relationships between two moments of order statistics. Also another characterization is introduced by considering the conditional expected spacings of order statistics.
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Nassar, M.M. A note on some characterizations of the hyperexponential distribution. Statistical Papers 46, 281–292 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02762972
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