Testing Exponentiality Versus a Trend Change in Mean Residual Life
指数性与平均剩余寿命趋势转折的检验
Given that an item is of age $t$, the expected value of the random remaining life is called the mean residual life (MRL) at age $t$. We propose two new nonparametric classes of life distributions for modeling aging based on MRL. The first class of life distributions consists of those with "increasing initially, then decreasing mean residual life" (IDMRL). The IDMRL class models aging that is initially beneficial, then adverse. The second class, "decreasing, then increasing…