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SOME NEW RESULTS ON RÉNYI ENTROPY OF RESIDUAL LIFE AND INACTIVITY TIME

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2011

Xiaohu Li  and
Shuhong Zhang
Xiaohu Li
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Chinaand School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China Email: mathxhli@hotmail.com
Shuhong Zhang
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Abstract

This article deals with Rényi entropies for the residual life and the inactivity time. Monotonic properties of the entropy in order statistics, record values, and weighted distributions are investigated, and the comparison on weighted random variables is studied in terms of residual Rényi entropy as well.

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 237 - 250
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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