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Abstract
Seven versions of the discrete Weibull distribution are characterized via conditional expectation of function of the random variable as well as based on the hazard or reverse hazard function.
Keywords
Discrete Weibull distribution
Discrete Modified Weibull distribution
Discrete Reduced Modified Weibull distribution
Characterizations
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Hamedani, G., & Butt, N. S. (2020). Characterizations of Discrete Weibull Distributions. Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research, 16(3), 599-607. https://doi.org/10.18187/pjsor.v16i3.3464
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