On sample spacings from IMRL distributions

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-166

  Kirmani, S N U A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio ordering; Mean residual life ordering; Order statistics; Stochastic ordering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030606769     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7152(95)00169-7     Document Type: Article

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