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AN AGING CONCEPT BASED ON MAJORIZATION

Authors :
Alfonso Suárez-Llorens
J. M. Fernández-Ponce
Source :
Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences. 17:107-117
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2003.

Abstract

In this article, we introduce a new dispersion order weaker than the classic dispersion order discussed by Lewis and Thompson (1981). We study the equivalence of this order with the majorization order under the assumption of unimodality. Finally, we use this equivalence to characterize the IFR aging notion for unimodal distributions by means of the notion of decreasing in randomness.

Details

ISSN :
14698951 and 02699648
Volume :
17
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........e820fcb60649c00bcbe6f1b732d4527d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0269964803171069