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Sereral preservation results for the mean residual life (mr) ordering are given. In particular, we show that the mr-ordering is preserved under convolutions, mixtures and weak convergence.
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Ahmed, AH.N. Preservation properties for the mean residual life ordering. Statistical Papers 29, 143–150 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924519
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