Characterization of hazard function factorization by Fisher information in minima and upper record values

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-57

  Hofmann, Glenn ^a   Balakrishnan, N ^b   Ahmadi, Jafar ^c  

^a McMaster University ^*  (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Characterization; Exponential family; Fisher information; Hazard function; Minimal repairs; Order statistics; Record values; Reversed hazard rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644405011     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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