Total Positivity of Markov Chains and the Failure Rate Character of Some First Passage Times

DOI10.2307/1428083zbMath0903.60078OpenAlexW2328585900MaRDI QIDQ4361802

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Publication date: 5 January 1999

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failure ratetotal positivitylog-concavity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions (62E10) Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.) (60K10) Reliability and life testing (62N05)

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