A measure of discrimination between two residual life-time distributions and its applications

被引:50
作者
Ebrahimi, N
Kirmani, SNUA
机构
[1] NO ILLINOIS UNIV,STAT CONSULTING LAB,DE KALB,IL 60115
[2] UNIV NO IOWA,DEPT MATH,CEDAR FALLS,IA 50614
关键词
hazard function; cumulative hazard function; mean residual lifetime function; NBU; IFR; Kullback-Leibler discrimination information; MDI principle;
D O I
10.1007/BF00054789
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
A measure of discrepancy between two residual-life distributions is proposed on the basis of Kullback-Leibler discrimination information. Properties of this measure are studied and the minimum discrimination principle is applied to obtain the proportional hazards model.
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页码:257 / 265
页数:9
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