Dispersive ordering of distributions
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Applied Probability
- Vol. 19 (2) , 310-320
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3213483
Abstract
Two distributions, F and G, are said be ordered in dispersion if F-1(β)-F-1(α)≦G-1(β)-G-1(α) whenever 0<α <β <1. This relation has been studied by Saunders and Moran (1978). The purpose of this paper is to study this partial ordering in detail. Few characterizations of this concept are given. These characterizations are then used to show that some particular pairs of distributions are ordered by dispersion. In addition to it some proofs of results of Saunders and Moran (1978) are simplified. Furthermore, the characterizations of this paper can be used to throw a new light on the meaning of the underlying partial ordering and also to derive various inequalities. Several examples illustrate the methods of this paper.Keywords
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