A Characterization of the Members of a Subfamily of Power Series Distributions ()
Abstract
This paper discusses a characterization of the members of a subfamily of power series distributions when their probability generating functions satisfy the functional equation where a, b and c are constants and is the derivative of f.
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Nanjundan, G. (2011) A Characterization of the Members of a Subfamily of Power Series Distributions.
Applied Mathematics,
2, 750-751. doi:
10.4236/am.2011.26099.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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