Random convex combinations of order statistics

Eric Beutner; Udo Kamps

doi:10.1016/j.spl.2007.02.005

Random convex combinations of order statistics

Eric Beutner^*, Udo Kamps

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

For order statistics X_{i, n}, X_{j, n}, X_{k, n} with 1 ≤ i < j < k ≤ n, and an independent beta distributed random variable C the distributional equation X_{j, n} over(=, d) (1 - C) · X_{i, n} + C · X_{k, n} is established for uniform distributions as well as seen to be characteristic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1133-1136
Number of pages	4
Journal	Statistics and Probability Letters
Volume	77
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2007.02.005
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Beta distribution
Order statistics
Random convex combinations
Record values

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