Stochastic comparison of residual life and inactivity time at a random time

Stochastic Models

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Li, Xiaohu ^a   Zuo, Ming J ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DRHR; Hazard rate order; IEIT; Inactivity time; Increasing convex (concave) order; Reversed hazard rate order

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; THEOREM PROVING;

DRHR; HAZARD RATE ORDER; IEIT; INACTIVITY TIME; INCREASING CONVEX ORDER; REVERSED HAZARD RATE ORDER;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 2442443087     PISSN: 15326349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STM-120034130     Document Type: Article

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