Characterization of the Exponential Distribution Using Lower Moments of Order Statistics,

Abstract

Several characterizations of the exponential distribution in terms of the variances and the covariances of order statistics in a random sample of size n (n > or =2) are made. Analogous characterizations hold for the positive exponential distribution.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0786737

Entities

People

  • Z. Govindarajulu

Organizations

  • University of Kentucky

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Covariance
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Mathematics
  • Order Statistics
  • Statistical Samples
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.