ON THE FIRST PASSAGE TIMES FOR MARKOV-PROCESSES WITH MONOTONE CONVEX TRANSITION KERNELS

被引:9
作者
LI, HJ
SHAKED, M
机构
[1] UNIV ARIZONA,DEPT MATH,TUCSON,AZ 85721
[2] WASHINGTON STATE UNIV,DEPT PURE & APPL MATH,PULLMAN,WA 99164
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
STOCHASTIC MONOTONICITY; MONOTONE AND CONVEX TRANSITION KERNELS; FIRST PASSAGE TIMES; NBU; IFRA; IFR; SHOCK MODELS; RELIABILITY THEORY;
D O I
10.1016/0304-4149(95)00020-8
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
In this paper we study the first passage time for a damage process to exceed a given threshold or for the maximal increment of this process to pass a certain critical value. Conditions under which this first passage time possesses the NBU, the IFRA or the IFR properties are studied. An application to pure jump shock models is also discussed.
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页码:205 / 216
页数:12
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