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Stochastic Comparisons with Applications : In Order Statistics and Spacings /

This book emphasizes the use of stochastic orders as motivational tools for developing new statistical procedures. Stochastic orders have found useful applications in many disciplines, including reliability theory, survival analysis, risk theory, finance, nonparametric methods, economics and actuari...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kochar, Subhash C. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Subjects:
Statistics .
Probabilities.
Statistical Theory and Methods.
Applied Probability.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Preliminaries
  • Magnitude Orders
  • Variability Orders
  • Skewness and Relative Aging Orders
  • Dependence Orders
  • Stochastic comparisons of sample spacings
  • Dependence among order statistics and spacings
  • Stochastic Comparisons of Weighted Sums of Random Variables
  • Stochastic comparisons of mixtures of distributions.