Mean residual life order of convolutions of heterogeneous exponential random variables

In this paper, we study convolutions of heterogeneous exponential random variables with respect to the mean residual life order. By introducing a new partial order (reciprocal majorization order), we prove that this order between two parameter vectors implies the mean residual life order between convolutions of two heterogeneous exponential samples. For the 2-dimensional case, it is shown that there exists a stronger equivalence. We discuss, in particular, the case when one convolution involves identically distributed variables, and show in this case that the mean residual life order is actually associated with the harmonic mean of parameters. Finally, we derive the “best gamma bounds” for the mean residual life function of any convolution of exponential distributions under this framework.     

逆Weibull分布随机变量的随机比较

研究了两个相互独立的逆Weibull分布随机变量间的随机序,似然比序,危险率序以及凸序之间的相互关系,给出了两个相互独立但不同分布的随机变量满足各种随机序时其分布所含参数间的相应关系．也给出了两组相互独立但不同分布的随机变量极值间在一般随机序下的大小关系．     

Ⅰ型极值分布随机变量的随机比较(英文)

研究了两个相互独立的Ⅰ型极大值分布随机变量间的随机序,似然比序,危险率序及凸序之间的相互关系,给出了两个相互独立但不同分布的随机变量满足各种随机序时其分布所含参数间的相应关系.文中也给出了两组相互独立但不同分布的随机变量极值间在一般随机序下的大小关系.     

逆Weibull分布随机变量的随机比较(英文)

研究了两个相互独立的逆Weibull分布随机变量间的随机序,似然比序,危险率序以及凸序之间的相互关系,给出了两个相互独立但不同分布的随机变量满足各种随机序时其分布所含参数间的相应关系.也给出了两组相互独立但不同分布的随机变量极值间在一般随机序下的大小关系.     

Ⅰ型极值分布随机变量的随机比较

研究了两个相互独立的Ⅰ型极大值分布随机变量间的随机序,似然比序,危险率序及凸序之间的相互关系,给出了两个相互独立但不同分布的随机变量满足各种随机序时其分布所含参数间的相应关系．文中也给出了两组相互独立但不同分布的随机变量极值间在一般随机序下的大小关系．     

On allocating redundancies to k‐out‐of‐ n reliability systems

For two components in series and one redundancy with their lifetimes following the proportional hazard models, we build the likelihood ratio order and the hazard rate order for lifetimes of the redundant systems. Also, for k ‐out‐of‐ n system with components’ lifetimes having the arrangement increasing joint density and the redundancies having identically distributed lifetimes, allocating more redundancies to weaker components is shown to help improve the system's reliability. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

更新过程中的几个随机比较结果

本文研究了更新过程中的几个随机比较结果.通过对不同时刻之前的最后一次更新发生时刻变量在失效率序、反向失效率序和似然比序意义下的随机比较,获得了若底分布F是IFR,则t之前最后一次更新的发生时刻变量SN(t)在失效率序和反向失效率序意义下关于t单调递增;若底分布F是IFR且绝对连续,则SN(t)在似然比序意义下关于t单调递增.     

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??In this paper, we compare the smallest order statistics arising from multiple-outlier models when the numbers of independent and identically distributed random variables are different. Let and denote the smallest order statistics among, and, respectively, whereand. We then prove that $ and are ordered in terms of the usual stochastic order, hazard rate order and likelihood ratio order under the majorization relationship between and.     

Optimal allocation of redundancies in series systems

It is of great interest for the problem of how to allocate redundancies in a system so as to optimize the system performance in reliability engineering and system security. In this paper, we consider the problems of optimal allocation of both active and standby redundancies in series systems in the sense of various stochastic orderings. For the case of allocating one redundancy to a series system with two exponential components, we establish two likelihood ratio order results for active redundancy case and standby redundancy case, respectively. We also discuss the case of allocating K active redundancies to a series system and establish some new results. The results developed here strengthen and generalize some of the existing results in the literature. Specifically, we give an answer to an open problem mentioned in Hu and Wang [T. Hu, Y. Wang, Optimal allocation of active redundancies in r-out-of-n systems, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 139 (2009) 3733–3737]. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the theoretic results established here.     

关于似然比序随机比较的一些结果

研究了两组随机变量列之间似然比序的随机比较，得到的结果推广了Shaked 和 Shanthikumar (1994) 中的 Theorem 1.C.19 和Theorem 1.C.20.      

广义次序统计量间隔的多维随机排序

本文研究了附加于广义次序统计量底分布以及参数的条件, 使得人们在多维似然比序和多维通常随机序意义下对广义次序统计量的间隔向量进行比较, 同时也给出了文中主要结果的应用.     

Test homogeneity of order-restricted means

Suppose that an order restriction is imposed among several p-variate normal mean vectors. We are interested in testing the homogeneity of these mean vectors under this restriction. This problem is an extension of Sasabuchi, Tanaka and Tsukamoto＇s problem.     

占线订单排序C——收益函数下改进的随机策略

对于订单具有紧交货期限且以最大化完工总收益为目标的占线订单排序问题，Woeginger（1994）提出了完工收益与订单长度满足C——收益函数关系的一类模型，并给出了竞争比为4的最优确定性策略。本文针对该模型设计了一个简单的随机策略，并证明其具有竞争比2。该策略明显简单于已有的各种随机策略；同时，本文结论大大改进了Seiden（1998）所给出的当前最好竞争比3．732。     

Stochastic comparison of residual lifetime mixture models

In this paper, we consider stochastic comparisons of mixtures ($F^1$ and $G^1$) of residual life distributions ($F_{\theta }$ and $G_{\theta }$, $\theta >0$) arising out of different baseline distributions ($F$ and $G$) and different mixing distributions ($H_1$ and $H_2$). Under certain conditions on $F$, $G$, $H_1$ and $H_2$, we establish that the distributions $F^1$ and $G^1$ are stochastically ordered. Further, we make stochastic comparison of mixture distribution $F^1$ with the distribution of residual lifetime at random time ${\Theta }_1$.     

On Stochastic Orders for Sums of Independent Random Variables

In this paper, it is shown that a convolution of uniform distributions (a) is more dispersed and (b) has a smaller hazard rate when the scale parameters of the uniform distributions are more dispersed in the sense of majorization. It is also shown that a convolution of gamma distributions with a common shape parameter greater than 1 is larger in (a) likelihood ratio order and (b) dispersive order when the scale parameters are more dispersed in the sense of majorization.     

Extending Partial Orders on o-Minimal Structures to Definable Total Orders

It is shown that if (M, <, ?) is an o-minimal structure such that (M, <) is a dense total order and ? is a parameter-definable partial order on M, then ? has an extension to a definable total order.     

Tube Representations of Ordered Sets

We define the (n,i,f)-tube orders, which include interval orders, trapezoid orders, triangle orders, weak orders, order dimension n, and interval-order-dimension n as special cases. We investigate some basic properties of (n,i,f)-tube orders, and begin classifying them by containment. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000) 06A06, 05C62.     

Testing for increasing convex order in several populations

Increasing convex order is one of important stochastic orderings. It is very often used in queueing theory, reliability, operations research and economics. This paper is devoted to studying the likelihood ratio test for increasing convex order in several populations against an unrestricted alternative. We derive the null asympotic distribution of the likelihood ratio test statistic, which is precisely the chi-bar-squared distribution. The methodology for computing critical values for the test is also discussed. The test is applied to an example involving data for survival time for carcinoma of the oropharynx.