In previous papers, evolution of dependence and ageing, for vectors of non-negative random variables, have been separately considered. Some analogies between the two evolutions emerge however in those studies. In the present paper, we propose a unified approach, based on semigroup arguments, explaining the origin of such analogies and relations among properties of stochastic dependence and ageing.
In problems of testing statistical hypotheses, we may be confronted with fuzzy concepts. There are also situations in which the available data are record statistics such as weather and sports. In this paper, we consider the problem of testing fuzzy hypotheses on the basis of records. Pareto distribution is investigated in more details since it is used in applications including economic and life testing analysis. For illustrative proposes, a real data set on annual wage is analyzed using the results...
In many applications of linear random models to multilevel data, it is of interest to test whether the random effects variance components are zero. In this paper we propose approximate tests for testing significance of variance components in the unbalanced two-fold nested random model in the presence of non-normality. In the derivations of the asymptotic distributions of the test statistics, as an intermediate result, the explicit form of the asymptotic covariance matrix of the vector of mean squares...