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Finite Mixture of Exponentiated Distributions

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The study of homogeneous populations was the main concern of statisticians along history. However, Newcomb (1886) and Pearson (1894) were two pioneers who approached heterogeneous populations with ‘finite mixture’ distributions.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Essam K. AL-Hussaini

  2. Department of Management Sciences, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA

    Mohammad Ahsanullah

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AL-Hussaini, E.K., Ahsanullah, M. (2015). Finite Mixture of Exponentiated Distributions. In: Exponentiated Distributions. Atlantis Studies in Probability and Statistics, vol 5. Atlantis Press, Paris. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-079-9_6

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