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Chance Mechanisms for the Univariate Generalized Waring Distribution and Related Characterizations

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Statistical Distributions in Scientific Work

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((ASIC,volume 79))

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The intent of this paper is to provide an anthology of results on the subject of models (chance mechanisms) that give rise to the Univariate Generalized Waring Distribution. These include results that have appeared in the statistical literature before as well as some new ones that appear for the first time in this paper. Some characterization problems relating to certain genesis schemes are also considered.

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  1. Evdokia Xekalaki

    Present address: Department of Statistics, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA

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    Evdokia Xekalaki

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  1. Department of Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Charles Taillie  & Ganapati P. Patil  & 

  2. Instituto di Calcolo delle Probabilità, Facoltà di Scienze Statistische Demografiche e Attuariali, Università degli Studi di Roma, Italy

    Bruno A. Baldessari

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Xekalaki, E. (1981). Chance Mechanisms for the Univariate Generalized Waring Distribution and Related Characterizations. In: Taillie, C., Patil, G.P., Baldessari, B.A. (eds) Statistical Distributions in Scientific Work. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8549-0_12

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