Recurrence Relations for Moments of k-th Upper Record Values from Flexible Weibull Distribution and a Characterization

Mahmoud Ali Selim^1, and Hamdy M. Salem²

¹Department of Statistics, Faculty of Commerce, Al-Azher University, Egypt & King Khalid University, Community College, Saudi Arabia

²Department of Statistics, Faculty of Commerce, Al-Azher University, Egypt & Qassim University, Community College in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

Cite this paper:
Mahmoud Ali Selim and Hamdy M. Salem. Recurrence Relations for Moments of k-th Upper Record Values from Flexible Weibull Distribution and a Characterization. American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. 2014; 2(3):168-171. doi: 10.12691/ajams-2-3-13

Abstract

In this paper, we establish some recurrence relations satisfied by single and product moments of k-th upper record values from the flexible Weibull distribution. We also give a characterization of flexible Weibull distribution by using the recurrence relations for single moments.

Keywords:
order statistics single moments product moments k-th upper record values recurrence relations flexible Weibull distribution characterization

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