Characterization of the Three-Variate Inverted Dirichlet Distributions

Authors

  • Mohamed Ben Farah Sfax University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52737/18291163-2023.15.12-1-9

Keywords:

Characterization of Probability Distributions, Functional Equation, Independence, Inverted Dirichlet Distribution, Transformation

Abstract

In this paper, we prove a characterization of three-variate inverted Dirichlet distributions by an independence property. The main technical challenge was a problem involving the solution of a related functional equation.

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Published

2023-12-14

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Vol. 15 No. 12 (2023): Characterization of the Three-Variate Inverted Dirichlet Distributions

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M. Ben Farah, “Characterization of the Three-Variate Inverted Dirichlet Distributions”, Armen.J.Math., vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1–9, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.52737/18291163-2023.15.12-1-9.