• DocumentCode
    1014021
  • Title

    Extended tables for the moments of gamma-distribution order statistics

  • Author

    Balasooriya, U. ; Hapuarachchi, K.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math. & Stat., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, Nfld., Canada
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    256
  • Lastpage
    271
  • Abstract
    The authors tabulate expectations, variances, and covariances of order statistics from a sample of size n from a standard gamma distribution with shape parameter r. The expected values are n=1(1)10(5)40 and r =5(1)8; the covariances are n =15(5)25 and r=2(1)5
  • Keywords
    life testing; reliability theory; statistical analysis; covariances; expectations; expected values; gamma-distribution order statistics; life testing; moments; reliability; shape parameter; variances; Analysis of variance; Art; Life testing; Quality control; Reactive power; Shape; State estimation; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/24.257792
  • Filename
    257792
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1014021