TY  - JOUR
AU  - Al-Hossain, Abdullah Yahia 
PY  - 2015
TI  - Characterizations for the Power Inverse Gaussian and Generalized Inverse Gaussian Distributions Based on Conditional Moments
JF  - Journal of Mathematics and Statistics
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.3844/jmssp.2015.70.74
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jmssp.2015.70.74
AB  - In this study, we characterize the power inverse Gaussian and generalized inverse Gaussian distributions based on recurrence relations for conditional moments in terms of hazard rate functions. Relations for conditional moments of the largest order statistic (upper record value) given the second largest order statistic (upper record value) are derived from these recurrence relations. Characterizations of the inverse Gaussian, reciprocal inverse Gaussian, gamma and reciprocal gamma distributions are obtained as special cases of both the power inverse Gaussian and the generalized inverse Gaussian distributions.