Infinite divisibility and the waiting-time paradox

DOI10.1080/15326349508807358zbMath0843.60020OpenAlexW2122012119MaRDI QIDQ4849186

K. van Harn, F. W. Steutel

Publication date: 9 November 1995

Published in: Communications in Statistics. Stochastic Models (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15326349508807358

zbMATH Keywords

renewal theorywaiting-time paradoxcompound-exponential distributionsremaining life-timetotal life-time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinitely divisible distributions; stable distributions (60E07) Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25)

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