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 ...

The Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (JBES) has been published quarterly since 1983 by the American Statistical Association. It serves as a unique meeting place for applied economists, ...

This research proposes a new estimation scheme to solve the estimation burden of the Pareto/NBD model and to release its power in out-of-sample prediction and then builds a neural network-based model ...