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Testing new better than used classes of life distributions derived from a convex ordering using kernel methodsFootnote*

I. A. Ahmad Department of Statistics and Operations Research, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Hendi M.I Department of Statistics and Operations Research, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Al-Nachawati H Department of Statistics and Operations Research, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
Pages 393-411 | Received 12 Dec 1997, Published online: 02 May 2007

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