A PROPERTY OF SYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND A RELATED ORDER STATISTICRESULT

Authors
SILVER EA COSTA D
Citation
Ea. Silver et D. Costa, A PROPERTY OF SYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND A RELATED ORDER STATISTICRESULT, The American statistician, 51(1), 1997, pp. 32-33
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
The American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
51
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
32 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(1997)51:1<32:APOSDA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
This article presents a simple result involving a symmetric integratio n of the cumulative distribution function of an arbitrary symmetric di stribution. Some background is provided regarding an inventory control policy that motivated the development of the aforementioned result. A more general relation, related to order statistics, is also presented . It is anticipated that these results will be of use in other applica tions of statistical modeling.