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Some multivariate lifetime distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

S. G. Ghurye
S. G. Ghurye*
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
*
∗Postal address: Dept of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Abstract

The family of distributions which have the lack-of-memory property is extended by incorporating simple patterns of ageing in the model. Some relatively simple multivariate distributions, obtained in this manner, might prove to be more realistic than distributions like the multivariate exponential.

Keywords

SURVIVAL FUNCTIONSLACK OF MEMORYAGEINGMULTICOMPONENTSYSTEMS
Type
Research Article
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 138 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1987 

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Footnotes

Research supported in part by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant AFOSR-84-0159.

References

Ghurye, S. G. and Marshall, A. W. (1984) Shock processes with after-effects and multivariate lack of memory. J. Appl. Prob. 21, 786–801.Google Scholar