Asymptotic behaviour of reliability functions

P. Main

Statistics & Probability Letters, 1988, vol. 7, issue 3, 259-263

Abstract: We relate the classes of life distributions based on notions of aging with those that depend on the tail behaviour. This last classification introduces the concepts of outlier-neutral, outlier-prone and outlier-resistant distributions. We prove some results that connect IFR, IFRA, NBU and NBUE definitions with the outlier-resistance concept. Similarly the relationship of DFR, DFRA, NWU and NWUE to outlier-proneness is obtained.

Keywords: extreme-value; theory; reliability; analysis; tail; classification; regular; variation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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