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A non-exponential generalization of an inequality arising in queueing and insurance risk
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Special processes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
Abstract
An exponential inequality is generalized to one involving the tail of a decreasing failure rate distribution. The results are then applied in various situations, notably when the exponential inequality does not apply.
MSC classification
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60K25: Queueing theory
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