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Runs Based on Records: Their Distributional Properties and an Application to Testing for Dispersive Ordering

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  • Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan

    (McMaster University)

  • Alexei Stepanov

    (Izmir University of Economics)

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Here, we study runs associated with record values. After we first discuss the distributions and moments of runs, we develop the asymptotic theory of these runs. Finally, we apply the concept of runs obtained from record values to a hypothesis testing problem.

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  • Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan & Alexei Stepanov, 2013. "Runs Based on Records: Their Distributional Properties and an Application to Testing for Dispersive Ordering," Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 583-594, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:metcap:v:15:y:2013:i:3:d:10.1007_s11009-011-9269-0
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