BOUNDS ON INTERVAL PROBABILITIES FOR RESTRICTED FAMILIES OF DISTRIBUTIONS,

Abstract

For several families of distributions F(x) = P (X < or = x), sharp bounds are obtained. These families are all restricted by a moment condition, and in every case we assume that P (X < 0) = 0. In addition one of the following conditions is imposed: (i) F is concave on (0, infinity), (ii) F has an increasing hazard rate, (iii) F has a density that is a Polya frequency function of order 2, (iv) F has a decreasing hazard rate, (v) F has an increasing hazard rate average. Bounds are also obtained on the corresponding densities and hazard rates.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0624021

Entities

People

  • A. W. Marshall
  • R. E. Barlow

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Contracts
  • Cooperation
  • Families (Human)
  • Frequency
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • Operations Research
  • Probability

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Statistical inference.