On optimal grouping and stochastic comparisons for heterogeneous items

DOI10.1016/j.jmva.2017.06.006zbMath1381.60061MaRDI QIDQ2401359

Nil Kamal Hazra, Ji Hwan Cha, Maxim Finkelstein

Publication date: 8 September 2017

Published in: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2017.06.006

zbMATH Keywords

reliability; stochastic orders; parallel system; series system; majorization order; Schur-convex/concave function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60E15: Inequalities; stochastic orderings

90B25: Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research

60K10: Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.)

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