Convex orders for linear combinations of random variables

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 11-25

  Ma, Chunsheng ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

60E15; 60K10; 62G30; Arrangement increasing; Convex order; Decreasing convex order; Laplace order; Likelihood ratio order; Majorization; Reversed hazard rate order; Stochastic dominance; Stochastic order

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042864465     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(99)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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