Mixed Poisson Distributions |
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| Authors: | Dimitris Karlis Evdokia Xekalaki |
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| Institution: | Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece;Department of Statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece and Department of Statistics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland |
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| Abstract: | Mixed Poisson distributions have been used in a wide range of scientific fields for modeling nonhomogeneous populations. This paper aims at reviewing the existing literature on Poisson mixtures by bringing together a great number of properties, while, at the same time, providing tangential information on general mixtures. A selective presentation of some of the most prominent members of the family of Poisson mixtures is made. |
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| Keywords: | Mixtures Discrete distributions Distribution theory Mixing distribution Overdispersion |
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