Stochastic Bounds and Dependence Properties of Survival Times in a Multicomponent Shock Model

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-89

  Li, Haijun ^a   Xu, Susan H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Shock models, correlated shock arrivals, Marshall Olkin distributions, majorization with respect to weighted trees, positive and negative orthant dependence order, orthant dependence in time, non homogeneous Poisson arrival processes, bounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043205225     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.2000.1906     Document Type: Article

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