Answer to an open problem about stochastic comparison of parallel systems with geometric components

Mahmoud Affouf; Jiantian Wang

doi:10.1016/j.orl.2023.02.001

Answer to an open problem about stochastic comparison of parallel systems with geometric components

Mahmoud Affouf, Jiantian Wang

Mathematics

Kean University

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Abstract

Mao and Hu [5] left an open problem about the hazard rate order between two parallel systems of n geometric components. Du et al. [3] solved the problem for n=2. Wang [6] gave the answer to the problem for n up to 9. In this short note, we solve the open problem for any n.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	176-178
Number of pages	3
Journal	Operations Research Letters
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2023.02.001
State	Published - Mar 2023

Keywords

Hazard rate order
Parallel system
Stochastic comparison

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