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A Characterization of the Members of a Subfamily of Power Series Distributions
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Abstract
This paper discusses a characterization of the members of a subfamily of power series distributions when their probability generating functions satisfy the functional equation where a, b and c are constants and is the derivative of f.
KeywordsGalton-Watson ProcessProbability Generating FunctionBinomialPoissonNegative Binomial Distributions
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