Abstract
We use the independence of the integer and fractional parts of exponentially distributed random variables to obtain expressions for the order statistics from a geometric distribution. As our main result we show that a strong form of this independence characterizes the exponential distribution.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Eindhoven |
| Publisher | Technische Universiteit Eindhoven |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Publication status | Published - 1987 |
Publication series
| Name | Memorandum COSOR |
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| Volume | 8729 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0926-4493 |