Answer to an open problem on mean residual life ordering of parallel systems under multiple-outlier exponential models

Authors

Jiantian Wang, Kean University
Bin Cheng, Mailman School of Public Health

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2017

Abstract

In a comprehensive survey on stochastic comparison, Balakrishnan and Zhao (2013) proposed an open problem on mean residual life ordering between two parallel systems under multiple-outlier exponential models. This paper provides an affirmative answer to this open problem.

Publication Title

Statistics and Probability Letters

First Page Number

80

Last Page Number

84

DOI

10.1016/j.spl.2017.07.013

Recommended Citation

Wang, Jiantian and Cheng, Bin, "Answer to an open problem on mean residual life ordering of parallel systems under multiple-outlier exponential models" (2017). Kean Publications. 1572.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/1572