On the Characterization of Distributions through the Properties of Conditional Expectations of Order Statistics

Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

ABSTRACT

We present results that lead to characterization of continuous distributions using conditional expectations of order statistics.

KEYWORDS AND PHRASES: Characterization, conditional expectations, truncated data, order statistics