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On sequential maxima of exponential sample means, with an application to ruin probability

Probability 2019-06-25 v1

Abstract

We obtain the distribution of the maximal average in a sequence of independent identically distributed exponential random variables. Surprisingly enough, it turns out that the inverse distribution admits a simple closed form. An application to ruin probability in a risk-theoretic model is also given.

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@article{arxiv.1906.09377,
  title  = {On sequential maxima of exponential sample means, with an application to ruin probability},
  author = {Dimitris Cheliotis and Nickos Papadatos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.09377},
  year   = {2019}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure

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