Upper (lower) bounds on the mean of the maximum (minimum) of a number of random variables

DOI10.2307/3213876zbMath0576.60016OpenAlexW2331572485MaRDI QIDQ3696208

Terje Aven

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/3213876

zbMATH Keywords

random arc capacitiescompletion times in PERT networksmean maximum flowmean of the maximum of random variables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.) (60K10)

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