On a characterization of the poisson distribution

Rao, Radhakrishna C. ; Rubin, Herman (1964) On a characterization of the poisson distribution Sankhya, 26 (2-3). pp. 295-298. ISSN 0972-7671

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Abstract

The paper considers a special model where an original observation from a discrete distribution is subject to damage according to binomial probability law. Based on such a model for the resulting observation a characterization of the Poisson distribution is obtained.

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