Keyword: statistics: distributions

Found 548 papers in total
Emergency medical service rescue times in Riyadh
Emergency medical service rescue times in Riyadh
2002,
The emergency medical service (EMS) in Saudi Arabia is managed by each hospital...
On the completion time of a job processed on an unreliable machine
On the completion time of a job processed on an unreliable machine
2001,
In this paper, we consider the completion time of a job processed on an unreliable...
Triangular approximations for continuous random variables in risk analysis
Triangular approximations for continuous random variables in risk analysis
2002,
This paper examines further the problem of approximating the distribution of a...
Failure rate of the minimum and maximum of a multivariate normal distribution
Failure rate of the minimum and maximum of a multivariate normal distribution
2001,
It is well known that if the parent distribution has a nonnegative support and has...
Application of random theory in determining the optimum producing well numbers for oil and gas reservoirs
Application of random theory in determining the optimum producing well numbers for oil and gas reservoirs
2001,
Either in a horizontal direction or in a vertical direction, numerous physical...
A study of lifetime distributions for regularly replaced systems
A study of lifetime distributions for regularly replaced systems
2001,
Usually lifetime distributions are used for systems that are not repaired or...
The Multivariate Polya distribution in combat modeling
The Multivariate Polya distribution in combat modeling
2001,
This paper investigates the multivariate Polya distribution (MPD) for application in...
Bounds for the total variation distance between the Binomial and the Poisson distribution in case of medium-sized success probabilities
Bounds for the total variation distance between the Binomial and the Poisson distribution in case of medium-sized success probabilities
1999,
In applied probability, the distribution of a sum of n independent Bernoulli random...
A remark on third degree stochastic dominance
A remark on third degree stochastic dominance
2000,
This note presents two counterexamples to illustrate that neither implication of...
Tails of waiting times and their bounds
Tails of waiting times and their bounds
1999,
Tails of distributions having the form of the geometric convolution are considered. In...
On the increase of the expected lifetime by parallel redundancy
On the increase of the expected lifetime by parallel redundancy
1996,
Parallel redundancy is an important technique to increase system reliability. It is...
Phase-type distributions: Open problems and a few properties
Phase-type distributions: Open problems and a few properties
1999,
A phase-type distribution is the distribution of a killing time in a finite-state...
Sparse representations of phase-type distributions
Sparse representations of phase-type distributions
1999,
A phase-type distribution is the distribution of hitting time in a finite-state Markov...
Asymptotics of Poisson approximation to random discrete distributions: An analytic approach
Asymptotics of Poisson approximation to random discrete distributions: An analytic approach
1999,
A general analytic scheme for Poisson approximation to discrete distributions is...
An application of copulas to accident precursor analysis
An application of copulas to accident precursor analysis
1998,
Data on accident precursors can help in estimating accident frequencies, since they...
Log-concave and concave distributions in reliability
Log-concave and concave distributions in reliability
1999,
Nonparametric classes of life distributions are usually based on the pattern of aging...
Sojourn times for the Brownian motion
Sojourn times for the Brownian motion
1998,
In this paper explicit formulas are given for the distribution function, the density...
Sample correlations of infinite variance time series models: An empirical and theoretical study
Sample correlations of infinite variance time series models: An empirical and theoretical study
1998,
When the elements of a stationary ergodic time series have finite variance the sample...
The confounding effects of distribution mixtures on some basic methods for handling stable-Paretian distributions
The confounding effects of distribution mixtures on some basic methods for handling stable-Paretian distributions
1997,
The belief that the distributions of many business and economic variables are...
New validations of PERT times
New validations of PERT times
1997,
This paper defends the classical PERT formulas for computing the mean and variance of...
On the probability distribution of total quality under sublot inspection and process restoration
On the probability distribution of total quality under sublot inspection and process restoration
1997,
A lot of N items is produced on a randomly degrading facility. The lot is split into...
An application of the MTP2 property on bounds on system reliability
An application of the MTP2 property on bounds on system reliability
1997,
This paper is concerned with the joint prior distribution of the dependent...
The joint distribution of the number of occurrences of two interrelated Poisson processes
The joint distribution of the number of occurrences of two interrelated Poisson processes
1996,
The focus of this paper is the distribution for the number of occurrences of two...
Analyzing service blueprints using phase distributions
Analyzing service blueprints using phase distributions
1996,
This paper presents a method for representing and analyzing stochastic service...
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