Compound Geometric Distribution of Order <i>k</I>

Abstract

The distribution of the number of trials until the first k consecutive successes in a sequence of Bernoulli trials with success probability p is known as geometric distribution of order k. Let T (k) be a random variable that follows a geometric distribution of order k, and Y (1),Y (2),aEuro broken vertical bar a sequence of independent and identically distributed discrete random variables which are independent of T (k) . In the present article we develop some results on the distribution of the compound random variable Y-t.