Biometrika 1994 81(2):409-412; doi:10.1093/biomet/81.2.409
© 1994 by Biometrika Trust
A note on parameters orthogonal to the mean
G. E. WILLMOT1 and
D. A. SPROTT2
1Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario N2L 2G1, Canada
2Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas APD 402, 3600 Guanajuato, GTO México
A parameter orthogonal to the mean of the convolution of any two power series distributions, and the compound distribution formed from any two power series distributions, is obtained.
Key Words: Compound distribution Convolution

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