Stochastic rearrangement inequalities

Wai Chan, Catherine D'Abadie and Frank Proschan

Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 1987, vol. 23, issue 2, 257-275

Abstract: We develop a unified theory for obtaining stochastic rearrangement inequalities and show how this theory may be applied in statistical contexts such as ranking problems, hypothesis testing, contamination models, and optimal assembly of systems.

Keywords: rearrangement; inequalities; stochastic; rearrangement; inequalities; decreasing; in; transposition; ranking; problems; optimal; assembley; of; systems; contamination; models; hypothesis; testing; partial; ordering; positive; set; function; arrangement; increasing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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