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ORDERING PROPERTIES OF ORDER STATISTICS FROM HETEROGENEOUS POPULATIONS: A REVIEW WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2013

N. Balakrishnan  and
Peng Zhao
N. Balakrishnan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaL8S 4K1; Department of Statistics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia E-mail: bala@mcmaster.ca
Peng Zhao
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China E-mail: zhaop07@gmail.com
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Abstract

In this paper, we review some recent results on the stochastic comparison of order statistics and related statistics from independent and heterogeneous proportional hazard rates models, gamma variables, geometric variables, and negative binomial variables. We highlight the close connections that exist between some classical stochastic orders and majorization-type orders.

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 403 - 443
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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