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A Note on Electrical Networks and the Inverse Gaussian Distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

O. E. Barndorff-Nielsen*
Affiliation:
Aarhus University
*
* Postal address: Department of Theoretical Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

Abstract

When a random electrical network has the structure of a rooted tree and the edge resistances are either inverse Gaussian or reciprocal inverse Gaussian random variables then, subject to some restrictions, the overall resistance of the network is shown to follow a reciprocal inverse Gaussian distribution.

Type
Stochastic Geometry and Statistical Applications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1994 

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