ON CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION BY THE UPPER RECORD VALUES

  • Published : 2008.01.30

Abstract

In this paper, we establish detailed characterizations of the Weibull distribution by the independence of the upper record values. We prove that X $\in$ W EI($\alpha$), if and only if $\frac{X_{U(n)}}{X_{U(n+1)}+X_{U(n)}}$ and $X_{U(n+1)}$ are independent for n $\geq$ 1. And we show that X $\in$ W EI($\alpha$), if and only if $\frac{X_{U(n+1)}-X_{U(n)}}{X_{U(n+1)}+X_{U(n)}}$ and $X_{U(n+1)}$ are independent for n $\geq$ 1.

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