Characterization of probability distributions similar to the exponential

Stefanka Chukova; Boyan N. Dimitrov; Zohel Khalil

doi:10.2307/3315752

Characterization of probability distributions similar to the exponential

Stefanka Chukova, Boyan N. Dimitrov, Zohel Khalil

Kettering University

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<p> A concept of the lack&hyphen;of&hyphen;memory property at a given time point c > 0 is introduced. It is equivalent to the concept of the almost&hyphen;lack&hyphen;of&hyphen;memory (ALM) property of the random variables. A representation theorem is given for the cumulative distribution function of such random variables as well as for corresponding decompositions in terms of independent random variables. It is shown that a periodic failure rate for a random variable is equivalent to the ALM property. In addition some properties of the service time of an unreliable server are observed.</p>

Original language	American English
Journal	The Canadian Journal of Statistics
Volume	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/3315752
State	Published - Sep 1 1993

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Characterization theorems
almost‐lack‐of‐memory property
blocking time on unreliable server

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Mathematics

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Characterization of probability distributions similar to the exponential

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