Characterizations of discrete distributions using reliability concepts in reversed time

N. Unnikrishnan Nair and P.G. Sankaran

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2013, vol. 83, issue 9, 1939-1945

Abstract: In the present work we establish characterizations of some discrete distributions using properties of the reversed hazard rate and reversed mean residual life. Discrete distributions having a constant reversed hazard rate, the reversed lack of memory property, and the product of the reversed hazard rate and the mean residual life a constant are identified. Some properties of the reversed variance residual life and a characterization are also discussed.

Keywords: Discrete distributions; Reversed hazard rate; Reversed mean and variance of the residual life; Characterization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2013.05.004

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