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On moments and cumulants of the D compound Poisson distribution

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This note provides more results on moments and cumulants of the D compound Poisson distribution through the properties of the multivariate generalized power series distribution.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Brock University, L2S 3A1, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

    Mei Ling Huang

  2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Windsor, N9B 3P4, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    Karen Y. Fung

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Huang, M.L., Fung, K.Y. On moments and cumulants of the D compound Poisson distribution. Statistical Papers 38, 357–361 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925275

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