A characterization of the gamma distribution from a random difference equation

1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (01) ◽  
pp. 142-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric S. Tollar
Keyword(s):  
Difference Equation ◽  
Gamma Distribution ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Independent Random Variables ◽  
Characteristic Functions ◽  
Random Difference Equation ◽  
Random Difference

A characterization of the gamma distribution is considered which arises from a random difference equation. A proof without characteristic functions is given that if V and Y are independent random variables, then the independence of V · Y and (1 – V) · Y results in a characterization of the gamma distribution (after excluding the trivial cases).

A characterization of the gamma distribution from a random difference equation

1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric S. Tollar
Keyword(s):  
Difference Equation ◽  
Gamma Distribution ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Independent Random Variables ◽  
Characteristic Functions ◽  
Random Difference Equation ◽  
Random Difference

A characterization of the gamma distribution is considered which arises from a random difference equation. A proof without characteristic functions is given that if V and Y are independent random variables, then the independence of V · Y and (1 – V) · Y results in a characterization of the gamma distribution (after excluding the trivial cases).

Characterization of a class of second-order density functions

1967 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. B. Mehr
Keyword(s):  
Exponential Distribution ◽  
Gamma Distribution ◽  
Gaussian Distribution ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Independent Random Variables ◽  
Density Functions ◽  
Linear Filtering ◽  
Non Linear

Distributions of some random variables have been characterized by independence of certain functions of these random variables. For example, let X and Y be two independent and identically distributed random variables having the gamma distribution. Laha showed that U = X + Y and V = X | Y are also independent random variables. Lukacs showed that U and V are independently distributed if, and only if, X and Y have the gamma distribution. Ferguson characterized the exponential distribution in terms of the independence of X – Y and min (X, Y). The best-known of these characterizations is that first proved by Kac which states that if random variables X and Y are independent, then X + Y and X – Y are independent if, and only if, X and Y are jointly Gaussian with the same variance. In this paper, Kac's hypotheses have been somewhat modified. In so doing, we obtain a larger class of distributions which we shall call class λ1. A subclass λ0 of λ1 enjoys many nice properties of the Gaussian distribution, in particular, in non-linear filtering.

Large deviations of branching process in a random environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-291
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Shklyaev
Keyword(s):  
Difference Equation ◽  
Large Deviations ◽  
Random Environment ◽  
Branching Process ◽  
Branching Processes ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Asymptotic Formulas ◽  
Random Difference Equation ◽  
Random Difference ◽  
Independent Identically Distributed

Abstract In this first part of the paper we find the asymptotic formulas for the probabilities of large deviations of the sequence defined by the random difference equation Y n+1=A n Y n + B n , where A 1, A 2, … are independent identically distributed random variables and B n may depend on { ( A k , B k ) , 0 ⩽ k < n } $ \{(A_k,B_k),0\leqslant k \lt n\} $ for any n≥1. In the second part of the paper this results are applied to the large deviations of branching processes in a random environment.

Characterization of a class of second-order density functions

1967 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
C. B. Mehr
Keyword(s):  
Exponential Distribution ◽  
Gamma Distribution ◽  
Gaussian Distribution ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Independent Random Variables ◽  
Density Functions ◽  
Linear Filtering ◽  
Non Linear

Distributions of some random variables have been characterized by independence of certain functions of these random variables. For example, let X and Y be two independent and identically distributed random variables having the gamma distribution. Laha showed that U = X + Y and V = X | Y are also independent random variables. Lukacs showed that U and V are independently distributed if, and only if, X and Y have the gamma distribution. Ferguson characterized the exponential distribution in terms of the independence of X – Y and min (X, Y). The best-known of these characterizations is that first proved by Kac which states that if random variables X and Y are independent, then X + Y and X – Y are independent if, and only if, X and Y are jointly Gaussian with the same variance. In this paper, Kac's hypotheses have been somewhat modified. In so doing, we obtain a larger class of distributions which we shall call class λ1. A subclass λ0 of λ1 enjoys many nice properties of the Gaussian distribution, in particular, in non-linear filtering.

A characterization of the negative exponential distribution with application to reliability theory

1981 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 652-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Exponential Distribution ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Reliability Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Independent Random Variables ◽  
System Availability ◽  
Failure Times ◽  
Negative Exponential Distribution ◽  
Negative Exponential

The negative exponential distribution is characterized in terms of two independent random variables. Only one of the random variables has a negative exponential distribution whilst the other can belong to a wide class of distributions. This result is then applied to two models for the reliability of a system of two modules subject to revealed and unrevealed faults to show when the models are equivalent. It is also shown, under certain conditions, that the system availability is only independent of the distribution of revealed failure times in one module when unrevealed failure times in the other module have a negative exponential distribution.

A perpetuity and the M/M/∞ ranked server system

1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (02) ◽  
pp. 508-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Preater
Keyword(s):  
Difference Equation ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Classical Result ◽  
Equilibrium Size ◽  
Server Systems ◽  
Random Difference Equation ◽  
Random Difference ◽  
Server System

We relate the equilibrium size of an M/M/8 type queue having an intermittent arrival stream to a perpetuity, the solution of a random difference equation. One consequence is a classical result for ranked server systems, previously obtained by generating function methods.

A joint characterization of the multinomial distribution and the Poisson process

1983 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 202-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Kimeldorf ◽  
Peter F. Thall
Keyword(s):  
Poisson Process ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Point Process ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Multinomial Distribution ◽  
Process Theory ◽  
Independent Random Variables ◽  
Mutually Independent

It has been recently proved that if N, X 1, X 2, … are non-constant mutually independent random variables with X 1,X 2, … identically distributed and N non-negative and integer-valued, then the independence of and implies that X 1 is Bernoulli and N is Poisson. A well-known theorem in point process theory due to Fichtner characterizes a Poisson process in terms of a sum of independent thinnings. In the present article, simultaneous generalizations of both of these results are provided, including a joint characterization of the multinomial distribution and the Poisson process.

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