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Probability in the Engineering & Informational Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Subjects

Random variables -- Mathematical models, Stochastic analysis, Mathematical statistics

Abstract

Let Χ1, … Χn be independent random variables with Χᵢ having survival function Fλᵢ, i=1, … , n, and let Y₁, … , Yn be a random sample with common population survival distribution Fλ, where λ = Σᵢ=₁nλᵢl n. Let Χn:n and Yn:n denote the lifetimes of the parallel systems consisting of these components, respectively. It is shown that Xn:n is greater than Yn:n in terms of likelihood ratio order. It is also proved that the sample range Χn:n - Χ₁:n is larger than Yn n:n - Y₁:n according to reverse hazard rate ordering. These two results strengthen and generalize the results in Dykstra, Kochar, and Rojo [6] and Kochar and Rojo [11], respectively.

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This is the publisher's final PDF. Article appears in Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences (http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PES) and is Copyright © 2007 Cambridge University Press.

DOI

10.1017/S0269964807000344

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http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9504

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