Characterizations of distributions through selected functions of reliability theory

Authors :: Maria Iwińska
Magdalena Szymkowiak
Source :: Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. 46:69-74
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2016.
Abstract: In this article, exponential distribution, two-parameter Weibull distribution, log-logistic distribution, log-log-logistic distribution, and Lomax distribution are characterized through selected functions of reliability theory: failure rate, aging intensity function, and log-odds rate.

Subjects :: Statistics and Probability
Exponential distribution
Log-Cauchy distribution
010103 numerical & computational mathematics
01 natural sciences
Distribution fitting
Ratio distribution
010104 statistics & probability
Univariate distribution
Statistics
Log-logistic distribution
Lomax distribution
Statistical physics
0101 mathematics
Weibull distribution
Mathematics

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