On the negative binomial distribution and its generalizations (Q871035): Difference between revisions

Some representations of the negative binomial distribution \(NB(r,p)\) are given. Specifically, it was proved that \(NB(r,p)\) may be represented, under suitable assumptions, as the distribution of: (a) the sum of dependendent geometric random variables; (b) the number of trials for the r-th success, based on a sequence of dependent Bernoulli random variables. Moreover, \(NB(2,p)\) may arise as the distribution of the sum of \(\mathbb Z^{+}\)-valued random variables that are neither geometric nor independent. Certain generalized negative binomial distributions are also investigated.