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On the HNBUE property in a class of correlated cumulative shock models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Rafael Pérez-Ocón*
Affiliation:
University of Granada
M. Luz Gámiz-Pérez*
Affiliation:
University of Granada
*
* Postal address: Department of Statistics and OR, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
* Postal address: Department of Statistics and OR, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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Abstract

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Conditions for a correlated cumulative shock model under which the system failure time is HNBUE are given. It is shown that the proof of a theorem given by Sumita and Shanthikumar (1985) relative to this property is not correct and a correct proof of the theorem is given.

Type
Letter to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1995 

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