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On characterizing the Pólya distribution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2002
Abstract
In this paper two characterizations of the Pólyadistribution are obtained when its contagion parameter isnegative. One of them is based on mixtures and the other one isobtained by characterizing a subfamily of the discrete Pearsonsystem.
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