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The Gamma Distribution as a Mixture of Exponential Distributions |
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| Authors: | Leon Jay Gleser |
| Affiliation: | Department of Statistics , Purdue University , West Lafayette , IN , 47907 , USA |
| Abstract: | A gamma distribution with arbitrary scale parameter θ and shape parameter r < 1 can be represented as a scale mixture of exponential distributions. |
| Keywords: | Decreasing hazard rate Pooled data Tests of fit |