• Title/Summary/Keyword: Tail Behavior

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Stochastic Properties of Life Distribution with Increasing Tail Failure Rate and Nonparametric Testing Procedure

  • Lim, Jae-Hak;Park, Dong Ho
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.220-228
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the tail behavior of the life distribution which exhibits an increasing failure rate or other positive aging effects after a certain time point. Methods: We characterize the tail behavior of the life distribution with regard to certain reliability measures such as failure rate, mean residual life and reliability function and derive several stochastic properties regarding such life distributions. Also, utilizing an L-statistic and its asymptotic normality, we propose new nonparametric testing procedures which verify if the life distribution has an increasing tail failure rate. Results: We propose the IFR-Tail (Increasing Failure Rate in Tail), DMRL-Tail (Decreasing Mean Residual Life in Tail) and NBU-Tail (New Better than Used in Tail) classes, all of which represent the tail behavior of the life distribution. And we discuss some stochastic properties of these proposed classes. Also, we develop a new nonparametric test procedure for detecting the IFR-Tail class and discuss its relative efficiency to explore the power of the test. Conclusion: The results of our research could be utilized in the study of wide range of applications including the maintenance and warranty policy of the second-hand system.

A Successful Treatment of Compulsive Tail-Chasing Behavior with Only Psychotropic Medications in a Miniature Poodle

  • Shin, Yoon-Joo;Kim, Sun-A
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.282-285
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    • 2022
  • Compulsive behavior is a sequence of movements usually derived from normal maintenance behaviors that are performed out of context in a repetitive, exaggerated, ritualistic, and sustained manner. In general, the treatment plan includes environmental management, behavior modifications, and psychotropic medications, however, the prognosis is varied. In this case report, a 9-year-old neutered male miniature poodle presented with a lifelong history of tail chasing and mutilation. Based on the behavioral history, observations, and physical examination, compulsive disorder was diagnosed. The dog's compulsive tail chasing behavior improved only with a combination of psychotropic medications, including fluoxetine, trazodone, and gabapentin.

Review on the Limiting Behavior of Tail Series of Independent Summands

  • Nam, Eun-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Statistical Society Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.185-190
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    • 2005
  • For the almost certainly convergent series $S_n$ of independent random variables the limiting behavior of tail series ${T_n}{\equiv}S-S_{n-1}$ is reviewed. More specifically, tail series strong laws of large number and tail series weak laws of large numbers will be introduced, and their relationship will be investigated. Then, the relationship will also be extended to the case of Banach space valued random elements, by investigating the duality between the limiting behavior of the tail series of random variables and that of random elements.

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POWER TAIL ASYMPTOTIC RESULTS OF A DISCRETE TIME QUEUE WITH LONG RANGE DEPENDENT INPUT

  • Hwang, Gang-Uk;Sohraby, Khosrow
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.87-107
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we consider a discrete time queueing system fed by a superposition of an ON and OFF source with heavy tail ON periods and geometric OFF periods and a D-BMAP (Discrete Batch Markovian Arrival Process). We study the tail behavior of the queue length distribution and both infinite and finite buffer systems are considered. In the infinite buffer case, we show that the asymptotic tail behavior of the queue length of the system is equivalent to that of the same queueing system with the D-BMAP being replaced by a batch renewal process. In the finite buffer case (of buffer size K), we derive upper and lower bounds of the asymptotic behavior of the loss probability as $K\;\longrightarrow\;\infty$.

Limiting Behavior of Tail Series of Independent Random Variable (독립인 확률변수들의 Tail 합의 극한 성질에 대하여)

  • Jang Yoon-Sik;Nam Eun-Woo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.63-68
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    • 2006
  • For the almost co티am convergent series $S_n$ of independent random variables, by investigating the limiting behavior of the tail series, $T_n=S-S_{n-1}=\sum_{i=n}^{\infty}X_i$, the rate of convergence of the series $S_n$ to a random variable S is studied in this paper. More specifically, the equivalence between the tail series weak law of large numbers and a limit law is established for a quasi-monotone decreasing sequence, thereby extending a result of Previous work to the wider class of the norming constants.

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Anatomical and Functional Comparison of the Caudate Tail in Primates and the Tail of the Striatum in Rodents: Implications for Sensory Information Processing and Habitual Behavior

  • Keonwoo Lee;Shin-young An;Jun Park;Seoyeon Lee;Hyoung F. Kim
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.46 no.8
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    • pp.461-469
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    • 2023
  • The tail of the striatum (TS) is located at the caudal end in the striatum. Recent studies have advanced our knowledge of the anatomy and function of the TS but also raised questions about the differences between rodent and primate TS. In this review, we compare the anatomy and function of the TS in rodent and primate brains. The primate TS is expanded more caudally during brain development in comparison with the rodent TS. Additionally, five sensory inputs from the cortex and thalamus converge in the rodent TS, but this convergence is not observed in the primate TS. The primate TS, including the caudate tail and putamen tail, primarily receives inputs from the visual areas, implying a specialized function in processing visual inputs for action generation. This anatomical difference leads to further discussion of cellular circuit models to comprehend how the primate brain processes a wider range of complex visual stimuli to produce habitual behavior as compared with the rodent brain. Examining these differences and considering possible neural models may provide better understanding of the anatomy and function of the primate TS.

A NOTE ON THE SEVERITY OF RUIN IN THE RENEWAL MODEL WITH CLAIMS OF DOMINATED VARIATION

  • Tang, Qihe
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.663-669
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    • 2003
  • This paper investigates the tail asymptotic behavior of the severity of ruin (the deficit at ruin) in the renewal model. Under the assumption that the tail probability of the claimsize is dominatedly varying, a uniform asymptotic formula for the tail probability of the deficit at ruin is obtained.

On the Tail Series Laws of Large Numbers for Independent Random Elements in Banach Spaces (Banach 공간에서 독립인 확률요소들의 Tail 합에 대한 대수의 법칙에 대하여)

  • Nam Eun-Woo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 2006
  • For the almost certainly convergent series $S_n=\sum_{i=1}^nV-i$ of independent random elements in Banach spaces, by investigating tail series laws of large numbers, the rate of convergence of the series $S_n$ to a random variable s is studied in this paper. More specifically, by studying the duality between the limiting behavior of the tail series $T_n=S-S_{n-1}=\sum_{i=n}^{\infty}V-i$ of random variables and that of Banach space valued random elements, an alternative way of proving a result of the previous work, which establishes the equivalence between the tail series weak law of large numbers and a limit law, is provided in a Banach space setting.

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