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Dispersive ordering by dilation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. Muñoz-Perez  and
A. Sanchez-Gomez
J. Muñoz-Perez
Affiliation:
University of Sevilla
A. Sanchez-Gomez*
Affiliation:
University of Sevilla
*
∗Postal address for both authors: Department of Statistics, University of Sevilla, Tarfia 41012, Spain.
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Abstract

In this paper a necessary and sufficient condition for the dispersive ordering in dilation sense is given by a convex function which is called the dispersive function and characterizes the distribution function. Some interesting properties of the ordering follow from this result.

Keywords

ORDERING IN DISPERSIONDISPERSION
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , June 1990 , pp. 440 - 444
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1990 

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