Posterior mean from adjacent mixed Poisson probabilities

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For a mixed Poisson distribution with known exposure , multiply the unnormalized posterior density by and compare its integral with the next probability mass. The factors give the displayed identity whenever . Both mass probabilities have the same exposure . For a future conditionally independent unit-exposure Poisson distribution count, this is also its posterior predictive expected value. It holds for arbitrary proper mixing distributions, with integrals taken against the prior measure when there is no density.

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