Inequalities for stochastic models via supermodular orderings

Communications in Statistics. Part C: Stochastic Models

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 181-201

  Bäuerle, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Majorization; Markov chains; Multivariate normal distribution; Positively dependent random vectors; Stochastic models; Supermodular ordering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000727196     PISSN: 08820287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15326349708807420     Document Type: Article

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