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Characterizations of Probability Distributions Through Linear Forms of Q-Conditional Independent Random Variables

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We derive some characterizations of probability distributions based on the joint distributions of linear forms of Q-conditional independent random variables.

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Prakasa Rao, B.L.S. Characterizations of Probability Distributions Through Linear Forms of Q-Conditional Independent Random Variables. Sankhya A 78, 221–230 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13171-016-0086-y

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