Mahdy, M. (2016). Further results related to variance past lifetime class & associated orderings and their properties. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, North-Holland, Volume 462, 15 November 2016, Pages 1148–1160 10.1016/j.physa.2016.06.066.
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications • 2016
Publication Information
Authors
Mervat Mahdy
Keywords
Conditional variance; Formation of coherent system; Generalized gamma distribution; Increasing-variance inactivity time; Lindley distribution
Journal
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Publisher
ScienceDirect
Volume
462
Issue
Not Available
Pages
1148–1160
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
If the random variable TT denotes the lifetime of a unit, then the random variable T(t)=[t−T∣T≤t]T(t)=[t−T∣T≤t], for a fixed t>0t>0, is known as the past lifetime. In this study, we present some new properties of the mean and variance for past lifetime classes (orderings). In addition, we consider an (n−r+1)(n−r+1)-out-of-nn system with identical components where it is assumed that the lifetimes of the components are i.i.d. We assume that the system fails before time xx,x>0x>0. Under these conditions, we are interested in studying the variance time elapsed since the failure of the components. Several properties of this function are studied and an example is provided. Finally, some applications in economic theory are described with real data.
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