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On hazard rate ordering of dependent variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Emad-Eldin A. A. Aly*
Affiliation:
University of Alberta
Subhash C. Kochar*
Affiliation:
Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
*
Postal address: Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G1.
∗∗Postal address: Indian Statistical Institute, 7, SJS Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi-110016, India.
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Abstract

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Shanthikumar and Yao (1991) introduced some new stochastic order relations to compare the components of a bivariate random vector (X1, X2). As they point out in their paper, even if according to their hazard rate (or likelihood ratio) ordering, the marginal distributions may not be ordered accordingly. We introduce some new concepts where the marginal distributions preserve the corresponding stochastic orders. Also a relation between the bivariate scale model and the introduced bivariate hazard rate ordering is established.

Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1993 

Footnotes

Research supported by an NSERC Canada grant at the University of Alberta.

Part of this research was done while visiting the University of Alberta supported by the NSERC Canada grant of the first author.

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