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On a characterization of gamma distributions via exponential mixtures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Manish C. Bhattacharjee
Manish C. Bhattacharjee*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
*
∗Postal address: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Joka, Diamond Harbour Road, P.O. Box 16757, Alipore Post Office, Calcutta 700 027, India.
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Abstract

A new and simpler proof of Morrison's result that within exponential mixtures only IFR gamma mixing produces linearly increasing mean residual life functions is given. A parallel and new characterization of the DFR gamma laws follows as a consequence. The method of proof used suggests a general result on the infinite divisibility of the mixing distributions in exponential mixtures.

Keywords

MEAN RESIDUAL LIFEEXPONENTIAL MIXTURESRELIABILITY THEORYINFINITE DIVISIBILITY
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 574 - 576
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1980 

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Footnotes

Research supported by NRC Grant number A-8218 of the National Research Council of Canada, while the author was visiting Laurentian University.

References

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