Tests for Monotone Mean Residual Life Using Randomly Censored Data.

Abstract

The means residual life (mrl) function epsilon sub F(x) gives the expected remaining life of a patient at age x, where the underlying failure distribution is F. Reliabilists and biometricians have found it useful to categorize failure distributions by monotonicity properties of the mrl. In particular F is said to be a decreasing mean residual life (dmrl) distribution if epsilon sub F(0) is finite and for all 0 less than or = t, epsilon sub F(s) less than or = epsilon sub F(t). If the preceding inequality is reversed, F is said to be an increasing mean residual life (imrl) distribution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089713

Entities

People

  • Myles Hollander
  • Naftali A. Langberg
  • Yuan Yan Chen

Organizations

  • Florida State University

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymptotic Normality
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Efficiency
  • Estimators
  • Goodness Of Fit Tests
  • Information Science
  • Neoplasms
  • Observation
  • Prostate
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Residuals
  • Scientific Research
  • Statistics
  • Survival

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