Characterizations based on Rényi entropy of order statistics and record values

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2544-2551

  Baratpour, S ^a   Ahmadi, J ^a   Arghami, N R ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hazard rate function; Laguerre polynomial; Minimal repair; Minkowski inequality; Reversed hazard rate function; Series (parallel) system

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149184944     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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