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In this paper we introduce the notion of relative spacings. We show the interest of this notion in several contexts like reliability and economy, and we provide several results for the comparison of relative spacings from two populations.
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Belzunce, F., Martínez-Riquelme, C., Ruiz, J.M. et al. On the Comparison of Relative Spacings with Applications. Methodol Comput Appl Probab 19, 357–376 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-016-9479-6
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Keywords
- Relative spacings
- Generalized order statistics
- Stochastic order
- Likelihood ratio order
- Increasing convex order
- Hazard rate order
- Star-shaped order
- Expected proportional shortfall order