On non-monotonic ageing properties from the Laplace transform, with actuarial applications

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Belzunce, Félix ^a   Ortega, Eva María ^b   Ruiz, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigación Operativa   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bathtub failure rate; C60; IM10; Insurance; Laplace transform order; Net premium reserve; Non monotonic ageing; Poisson shock model; Upside down mean residual life

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751327546     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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