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On the Comparison of Relative Spacings with Applications

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In this paper we introduce the notion of relative spacings. We show the interest of this notion in several contexts like reliability and economy, and we provide several results for the comparison of relative spacings from two populations.

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  1. Dpto. Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de Murcia, Facultad de Matemáticas, Campus de Espinardo, 30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

    Félix Belzunce, Carolina Martínez-Riquelme & José M. Ruiz

  2. Dpto. Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de Cádiz, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, 11002, Cádiz, Spain

    Miguel A. Sordo

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Belzunce, F., Martínez-Riquelme, C., Ruiz, J.M. et al. On the Comparison of Relative Spacings with Applications. Methodol Comput Appl Probab 19, 357–376 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-016-9479-6

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