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Technical Note—Exact Distribution of Visiting Rates

School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom
Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052
saralees.nadarajah{at}manchester.ac.uk
kotz{at}seas.gwu.edu

The exact distribution of visiting rates does not appear to be widely known in the marketing literature. Here, analytical expressions are derived for the exact distribution, and their performance is compared with some known approximation. Some computer programs are provided for practical use.

Key Words: marketing; statistics; probability
History: Received: October 3, 2006;