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A characterization of triangular arrays which are expectations of order statistics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
Abstract
Necessary and sufficient conditions are found for a triangular array (finite or infinite) to be expected values of order statistics. The conditions are a wellknown recurrence relation, and a moment condition.
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