Stochastic comparisons of random minima and maxima

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 420-425

  Shaked, Moshe ^a   Wong, Tityik ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Community College of Southern Nevada ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard rate order; Laplace transform; Laplace transform order; Likelihood ratio order; Random minima and maxima; Reliability theory; Reverse hazard rate order; Usual stochastic order

Indexed keywords

LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY;

HAZARD RATE ORDER; LAPLACE TRANSFORM ORDER; LIKELIHOOD RATIO ORDER; RANDOM MINIMA AND MAXIMA; REVERSE HAZARD RATE ORDER; USUAL STOCHASTIC ORDER;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0031338101     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200101056     Document Type: Article

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