On the negative binomial distribution and its generalizations (Q871035)

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.