Dispersivity and stochastic majorization

Inequalities and monotonicity results are obtained for order statistics from distributions ordered by dispersivity. One results solves the open problem posed by Marshall and Olkin (1979, p. 282). Applications of these results are given.

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Year of publication:	1992
Authors:	Alzaid, Abdulhamid A. ; Proschan, Frank
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 13.1992, 4, p. 275-278
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Dispersive ordering majorization Schur functions stochastic ordering variability ordering order statistics dispersive function stochastic majorization

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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