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Classes of “aging” distributions

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Abstract

The paper describes classes of “aging“ distributions associated with various failure rate functions and based on the notions of first-, second-, and third-order stochastic dominance. Classes of discrete reliability distributions are also characterized.

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Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 3, pp. 92–113, May–June, 1992.

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Kotlyar, V.Y., Khomenko, L.P. Classes of “aging” distributions. Cybern Syst Anal 28, 403–421 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01125421

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