An approximation for negative binomial sums involving a minimum of arithmetic is presented. Because of the relationship between negative binomial sums and regular binomial sums the approximation can ...

Estimation of the parameters of the truncated negative binomial distribution with the first two sample moments and the frequency in the first class is computationally very efficient in most practical ...

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