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ON THE RATIO X/(X + Y) FOR WEIBULL AND LEVY DISTRIBUTIONS

  • ALI M. MASOOM (Department of Mathematical Sciences Ball State University Muncie) ;
  • NADARAJAH SARALEES (Department of Statistics University of Nebraska Lincoln) ;
  • WOO JUNGSOO (Department of Statistics Yeungnam University Gyongsan)
  • Published : 2005.03.01
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Abstract

The distributional properties of R = X/(X + Y) and related estimation procedures are derived when X and Y are independent and identically distributed according to the Weibull or Levy distribution. The work is of interest in biological and physical sciences, econometrics, engineering and ranking and selection.

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