Contorted uniform and Pareto distributions (Q1892973)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 768788
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    Contorted uniform and Pareto distributions
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 768788

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      Contorted uniform and Pareto distributions (English)
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      24 January 1996
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      The authors introduce the notion of multiplicative almost-lack-of-memory (MALM) of a random variable. A representation theorem and a decomposition theorem for random variables having the MALM property are proved. Some properties of continuous and discrete MALM distributions are also studied.
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      multiplicative almost-lack-of-memory
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      representation theorem
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      decomposition theorem
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      MALM property
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