CHARACTERIZATION OF A GENERAL-CLASS OF LIFE-TESTING MODELS

Authors
GHITANY ME ELSAIDI MA KHALIL Z
Citation
Me. Ghitany et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF A GENERAL-CLASS OF LIFE-TESTING MODELS, Journal of Applied Probability, 32(2), 1995, pp. 548-553
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Journal of Applied Probability → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219002
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
548 - 553
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9002(1995)32:2<548:COAGOL>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
In this paper we establish a characterization theorem for a general cl ass 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 distrib utions, since they have many probabilistic and statistical properties useful in both biometry and engineering reliability.