## On binomial distributions of order k.(English)Zbl 0638.60024

A. N. Philippou, C. Georghiou and the reviewer [ibid. 1, 171- 175 (1983; Zbl 0517.60010)] introduced the geometric and negative binomial distributions of order k. The binomial distribution of order k was introduced and studied independently by K. Hirano [Fibonacci numbers and their applications, Pap. 1st Int. Conf., Patras/Greece 1984, Math. Appl., D. Reidel Publ. Co. 28, 43-53 (1986; Zbl 0601.62023)] and by A. N. Philippou and F. S. Makri [Stat. Probab. Lett. 4, 211- 215 (1986; Zbl 0594.62013)].
In this paper a new binomial distribution of order k is derived and studied. It is defined as the distribution of the rv $M_ n^{(k)}=\sum^{n-k+1}_{i=1}\prod^{i+k-1}_{j=1}X_ j,$ where $$X_ 1,X_ 2,...,X_ n$$ is a random sample of size n drawn on a Bernoulli rv X. The mean, the variance and the moment generating function of this distribution are obtained.
Reviewer: G.Philippou

### MSC:

 6e+100 Distribution theory

### Citations:

Zbl 0517.60010; Zbl 0601.62023; Zbl 0594.62013
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