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Dispersive ordering results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

James Lynch ,
Gillian Mimmack  and
Frank Proschan
James Lynch*
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Gillian Mimmack
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Frank Proschan
Affiliation:
Florida State University
*
∗ Permanent address: Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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A distribution F is less dispersed than a distribution G if for all .

We generalize a characterization of dispersive ordering of Shaked (1982) concerning sign changes of Fc – G, where Fc is a translate of F. We then use this generalization plus total positivity to develop a simple proof of a characterization of dispersive distributions due to Lewis and Thompson (1981); a distribution H is dispersive if

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Letters to the Editor
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , December 1983 , pp. 889 - 891
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1983 

Footnotes

Research supported under Grant DAAG 29-82-K-0168 with the US Army Research Office.

†Postal address: Department of Statistics and Statistical Consulting Center, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, U.S.A.

Research supported under Contract AFOSR-82-K-0007 with the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, AFSC, USAF.

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