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A generalized Sibuya distribution

Kozubowski, Tomasz J and Podgórski, Krzysztof LU (2018) In Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics 70(4). p.855-887
Abstract

The Sibuya distribution arises as the distribution of the waiting time for the first success in Bernoulli trials, where the probabilities of success are inversely proportional to the number of a trial. We study a generalization that can be viewed as the distribution of the excess random variable (Formula presented.) given (Formula presented.), where N has the Sibuya distribution and k is an integer. We summarize basic facts regarding this distribution and provide several new results and characterizations, shedding more light on its origin and possible applications. In particular, we emphasize the role Sibuya distribution plays in the extreme value theory and point out its invariance property with respect to random thinning operation.

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Discrete Pareto distribution, Distribution theory, Extreme value theory, Infinite divisibility, Mixed Poisson process, Power law, Pure death process, Records, Yule distribution, Zipf’s law
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Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics
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70
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4
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855 - 887
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Springer
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0020-3157
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10.1007/s10463-017-0611-3
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  doi          = {{10.1007/s10463-017-0611-3}},
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