Stochastic comparisons of order statistics under multivariate imperfect repair

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-163

  Hu, Taizhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Montone coupling; Multivariate imperfect repair; Order statistics; Stochastic ordering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030536914     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002190020010381X     Document Type: Review

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