Characterization of lifetime distributions in the Ls-sense by a generalized spread

J. M. Fernandez-Ponce and J. Muñoz-Perez

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1997, vol. 31, issue 4, 323-331

Abstract: We characterize partial orderings between lifetime distributions by Ls-tailweight. We obtain some ageing properties by comparing distributions with the negative exponential distribution with unit mean.

Keywords: Lifetime; distributions; Spread; function; Tailweight (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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