Year: 2019
Type: preprint
Abstract: If the hazard rate $ \frac{ F'(x) }{ 1-F(x) } $ is increasing (in $x$), then $ \mathbb E\, ( X_{n:n} - X_{n-1:n} ) $ is decreasing (in $n$), and moreover, completely monotone.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Tsirelson, Boris
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2986948248