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On distribution of randomly ordered uniform incremental weighted averages: Divided difference approach

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  • Soltani, Ahmad Reza
  • Roozegar, Rasool

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In this article we employ certain techniques in divided differences to relate the generalized Stieltjes transform of the distribution of a randomly weighted average of independent random variables X1,…,Xm to the generalized Stieltjes transforms of the distribution functions F1,…,Fm; Xi∼Fi,i=1,…,m. The random weights are assumed to be cuts of [0,1] by m−1 ordered statistics of independent and identically uniformly distributed random variables U1,…,Un on [0,1]; m≤n. Soltani and Homei (2009) treated the case m=n using the Schwartz distribution theory. We identified fairly large classes of randomly weighted average distributions by their generalized Stieltjes transforms; in particular including the uniform, Wigner and certain power semicircle distributions.

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  • Soltani, Ahmad Reza & Roozegar, Rasool, 2012. "On distribution of randomly ordered uniform incremental weighted averages: Divided difference approach," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 82(5), pages 1012-1020.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:82:y:2012:i:5:p:1012-1020
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2012.02.007
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    1. Soltani, A.R., 2022. "Recursive integral equations for random weights averages: Exponential functions and Cauchy distribution," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
    2. Hazhir Homei, 2015. "A novel extension of randomly weighted averages," Statistical Papers, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 933-946, November.
    3. Julian Górny & Erhard Cramer, 2019. "From B-spline representations to gamma representations in hybrid censoring," Statistical Papers, Springer, vol. 60(4), pages 1119-1135, August.
    4. Roozegar, Rasool & zarch, Hamid Reza Taherizadeh, 2021. "On the asymptotic distribution of randomly weighted averages of random vectors," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
    5. Roozegar, Rasool & Soltani, A.R., 2015. "On the asymptotic behavior of randomly weighted averages," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 269-272.

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