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An alternate proof for the representation of discrete distributions by equiprobable mixtures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

U. Dieter
U. Dieter*
Affiliation:
Technical University of Graz
*
∗ Postal address: Institut für Statistik, Hamerlinggasse 6, A 8010 Graz, Austria.
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Abstract

The paper contains a simple proof that every finite discrete distribution is the equiprobable mixture of r distributions, each of which has at most a mass points.

Keywords

REPRESENTATIONSDISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONSEQUIPROBABLE MIXTURESRANDOM NUMBER GENERATIONALIAS METHOD
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , December 1982 , pp. 869 - 872
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1982 

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Footnotes

Research supported by the Austrian Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung and IBM Corporation.

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