On the Coefficient of Variation for the L and L-bar Classes of Life Distributions

Arnab Bhattacharjee; D Sengupta

doi:doi:10.1016/0167-7152(95)00061-5

On the Coefficient of Variation for the L and L-bar Classes of Life Distributions

Arnab Bhattacharjee, D Sengupta

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Abstract

The coefficient of variation of a life distribution is no more than 1 if it belongs to the L-class and no less than 1 if it belongs to the (L) over bar-class. However, there are nonexponential distributions in each of these classes that have coefficient of variation equal to 1.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-180
Number of pages	4
Journal	Statistics and Probability Letters
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/0167-7152(95)00061-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 1996

Keywords

L-class
(L)over-bar-class
NBUE
HNBUE
HNWUE
coefficient of variation
LIFE DISTRIBUTIONS

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