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
fDate :
6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
