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DETERMINING THE MODE FOR CONVOLUTION POWERS OF DISCRETE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2011

Hacène Belbachir
Hacène Belbachir
Affiliation:
USTHB/Faculty of Mathematics, BP 32, El Alia, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria E-mail: hbelbachir@usthb.dz; hacenebelbachir@gmail.com
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Abstract

We specify the smallest mode of the ordinary multinomials leading to the expression of the maximal probability of convolution powers of the discrete uniform distribution. The generating function for an extension of the maximal probability is given.

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Research Article
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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 469 - 475
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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