Characterization of a family of discrete distributions via a chernoff type inequality

A characterization theorem is proved for a family of non-negative integer valued random variables. The result is based on an inequality of the type proved by Chernoff (1981). Applications of the result for various standard distributions are also discussed.

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Year of publication:	1987
Authors:	Deo Kumar, Srivastava ; Sreehari, M.
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 5.1987, 4, p. 293-294
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	characterization discrete distributions variance bounds

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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