Multivariate dispersive ordering of epoch times of nonhomogeneous poisson processes

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 637-643

  Belzunce, Felíx ^a   Ruiz, José María ^a,b  

^a Campus de Espinardo ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multivariate dispersive order; Nonhomogeneous Poisson process; st:icx order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036763309     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/1034082134     Document Type: Article

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