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Reliability properties of reversed residual lifetime.

Nanda AK; Singh H; Misra N; Paul P

Commun Stat Theory Methods 2003 Sep; 32(10):2031-2042

https://doi.org/10.1081/STA-120023264

20023916

If the random variable X denotes the lifetime (X 0, with probability one) of a unit, then the random variable Xt = (t - X|X t), for a fixed t > 0, is known as 'time since failure', which is analogous to the residual lifetime random variable used in reliability and survival analysis. The reversed hazard rate function, which is related to the random variable Xt, has received the attention of many researchers in the recent past [(cf. Shaked, M., Shanthikumar, J. G., 1994). Stochastic Orders and Their Applications. New York: Academic Press]. In this paper, we define some new classes of distributions based on the random variable Xt and study their interrelations. We also define a new ordering based on the mean of the random variable Xt and establish its relationship with the reversed hazard rate ordering.

Hazards; Occupational-hazards; Analytical-models; Models; Statistical-analysis; Author Keywords: Reversed coefficient of variation; Reversed hazard rate; Reversed hazard rate in average; Reversed lifetime; Reversed mean residual; Reversed residual life; Reversed variance residual

CSTMDC

20030901

Journal Article

asok@math.iitkgp.ernet.in

2003

10

0361-0926

HELD

Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods

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