<i>q</I>-geometric and <i>q</I>-binomial Distributions of Order <i>k</I>

Abstract

In this paper, we generalize geometric and binomial distributions of order k to q-geometric and q-binomial distributions of order k using Bernoulli trials with a geometrically varying success probability. In particular, we derive expressions for the probability mass functions of these distributions. For q = 1, these distributions reduce to geometric and binomial distributions of order k which have been extensively studied in the literature. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.