Characterization of some distributions by inequalities on failure rate
Subject Areas : International Journal of Industrial Mathematics
1 - Department of Mathematics, Urmia Branch, IslamicAzad University, Urmia, Iran
Keywords: Characterization, statistical distributions, cauchy schwarz inequality, hazard rate, reliability.,
Abstract :
Characterizing distributions is the process of finding the unique properties that distinguish a particular distribution from others. There are various methods for doing this, such as using moments, maximum entropy, hazard rate, and so on. Nanda (2010) used failure rate and mean residual life functions to characterizing some distributions. In this paper, we extend the results of Nanda (2010). We characterize the Pareto, exponential, and Rayleigh distributions by refining the main results of that paper. We take some inequalities from that paper and propose a new inequality. Then, we raise both sides of the inequalities to some power and show that equality holds if and only if certain distributions are characterized.
