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GENERALIZATION OF THE PAIRWISE STOCHASTIC PRECEDENCE ORDER TO THE SEQUENCE OF RANDOM VARIABLES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2020

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Nil Kamal Hazra
Maxim Finkelstein
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of the Free State, 339 Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa; ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia E-mail: finkelm@ufs.ac.za
Nil Kamal Hazra
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Karwar 342037, India
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Abstract

We discuss a new stochastic ordering for the sequence of independent random variables. It generalizes the stochastic precedence (SP) order that is defined for two random variables to the case n > 2. All conventional stochastic orders are transitive, whereas the SP order is not. Therefore, a new approach to compare the sequence of random variables had to be developed that resulted in the notion of the sequential precedence order. A sufficient condition for this order is derived and some examples are considered.

Keywords

hazard rate orderlikelihood ratio ordernontransitivitystochastic precedence orderusual stochastic order

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , July 2021 , pp. 699 - 707
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© Cambridge University Press 2020

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