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Characterization of a general class of life-testing models
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
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In this paper we establish a characterization theorem for a general class of life-testing models based on a relationship between conditional expectation and the failure rate function. As a simple application of the theorem, we characterize the gamma, Weibull, and Gompertz distributions, since they have many probabilistic and statistical properties useful in both biometry and engineering reliability.
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- Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1995
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On sabbatical leave at Kuwait University.
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