A necessary and sufficient condition that a continuous, positive variable follow a mixture of a generalized gamma distributions is presented in terms of its failure rate. Different special cases are presented, using different choices for distribution parameters.
Yehia, A. Y. (1992). Characterization of a Mixture of Generalized Gamma Distribution. The Egyptian Statistical Journal, 36(1), 95-101. doi: 10.21608/esju.1992.314854
MLA
A. Y. Yehia. "Characterization of a Mixture of Generalized Gamma Distribution", The Egyptian Statistical Journal, 36, 1, 1992, 95-101. doi: 10.21608/esju.1992.314854
HARVARD
Yehia, A. Y. (1992). 'Characterization of a Mixture of Generalized Gamma Distribution', The Egyptian Statistical Journal, 36(1), pp. 95-101. doi: 10.21608/esju.1992.314854
VANCOUVER
Yehia, A. Y. Characterization of a Mixture of Generalized Gamma Distribution. The Egyptian Statistical Journal, 1992; 36(1): 95-101. doi: 10.21608/esju.1992.314854