A generalized Sibuya distribution
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Summary, in English
The Sibuya distribution arises as the distribution of the waiting time for the first success in Bernoulli trials, where the probabilities of success are inversely proportional to the number of a trial. We study a generalization that is obtained as the distribution of the excess random variable N − k given N > k, where N has the Sibuya distribution. We summarize basic facts regarding this distribution and provide several new results and characterizations, shedding more light on its origin and possible applications. In particular, we emphasize the role Sibuya distribution plays in the extreme value theory and point out its invariance property with respect to random thinning operation.
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Publishing year
2016
Language
English
Publication/Series
Working Papers in Statistics
Issue
2016:8
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Document type
Working paper
Publisher
Department of Statistics, Lund university
Topic
- Probability Theory and Statistics
Status
Published