On proximity between exponential and DMRL distributions

Kan Cheng and Zongfu He

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1989, vol. 8, issue 1, 55-57

Abstract: In this note we investigate proximity between exponential and DMRL (decreasing mean residual life) distributions. The result is: If F [epsilon] DMRL with the first and second moment [mu] and [mu]2, respectively, then , where [varrho] = 1 - [mu]2/(2[mu]2), and the bound is sharp.

Keywords: exponential; distribution; DMRL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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