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Some classes generated by exponential distributions

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  1. Department of Mathematics College of General Education, Nagoya University, 464, Nagoya, Japan

    Ken-iti Sato

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Shinzo Watanabe Jurii Vasilievich Prokhorov

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Sato, Ki. (1988). Some classes generated by exponential distributions. In: Watanabe, S., Prokhorov, J.V. (eds) Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1299. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0078504

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