Binomial thinning of a geometric random variable

ID: binomial-thinning-of-a-geometric-random-variable

Use the zero-based geometric distribution, with for and . After binomial thinning with retention probability , the retained count is again zero-based geometrically distributed, with the displayed success probability. Indeed, writing , its probability generating function is
For this includes the degenerate success parameter and retained count zero.

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