The Gamma Distribution as a Mixture of Exponential Distributions

Authors
Gleser, Leon Jay
Citation
Gleser, Leon Jay, The Gamma Distribution as a Mixture of Exponential Distributions, American statistician , 43(2), 1989, pp. 115-117
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
43
Issue
2
Year of publication
1989
Pages
115 - 117
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
A gamma distribution with arbitrary scale parameter . and shape parameter r < 1 can be represented as a scale mixture of exponential distributions.