A note on probability distributions with increasing generalized failure rates

Martin A. Lariviere

doi:10.1287/opre.1060.0282

A note on probability distributions with increasing generalized failure rates

Martin A. Lariviere^*

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Managerial Economics, Decision Sciences and Operations

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Abstract

Distributions with an increasing generalized failure rate (IGFR) have useful applications in pricing and supply chain contracting problems. We provide alternative characterizations of the IGFR property that lead to simplify verifying whether the IGFR condition holds. We also relate the limit of the generalized failure rate and the moments of a distribution.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	602-604
Number of pages	3
Journal	Operations Research
Volume	54
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1060.0282
State	Published - May 2006

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Probability distributions

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Management Science and Operations Research

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