Characterizations of the exponential distribution by relevation-type equations
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Applied Probability
- Vol. 17 (3) , 874-877
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3212984
Abstract
In this note characterizations of the exponential distribution are discussed, based on a generalization of the lack of memory property. The result was motivated by the notion of ‘relevation of distributions' introduced by Krakowski (1973).Keywords
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