Multivariate hazard rate orders

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-189

  Hu, Taizhong ^a   Khaledi, Baha Eldin ^b   Shaked, Moshe ^c  

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

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Claim models; Farlie Gumbel Morgenstern distribution; Hazard gradient; k out n systems; Likelihood ratio order; Mixtures; Multivariate Marshall Olkin distribution; Multivariate mean residual life functions; Multivariate Pareto distribution; Preservation properties; Random environments; Scaled lifetimes; Shock models; Stochastic order; Total positivity; Upper orthant order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037289299     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-259X(02)00019-2     Document Type: Review

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