| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1153182 | Statistics & Probability Letters | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Motivated by the observation that for a sample of size two from an exponential distribution, the largest order statistic is distributed as a convolution of two independent exponential random variables with distributions differing only in their intensity or rate parameter, a spectrum of related characterizations of the exponential distribution are identified and verified.
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Authors
Barry C. Arnold, Jose A. Villasenor,