On comparison of reversed hazard rates of two parallel systems comprising of independent gamma components

Abstract

Let X1,…,Xn (Y1,…,Yn) be independent random variables such that Xi (Yi) follows the gamma distribution with shape parameter α and mean αλi(αμi), α>0,λi>0 (μi>0), i=1,…,n. Let λ=(λ1,…,λn), μ=(μ1,…,μn) and let r̃n:n(λ;x) (r̃n:n(μ;x)) denote the reversed hazard rate of max{X1,…,Xn} (max{Y1,…,Yn}). In this note we show that if λ weakly majorizes μ then r̃n:n(λ;x)≥r̃n:n(μ;x),∀x>0, thereby strengthening the results of Dykstra et al. (1997), and Lihong and Xinsheng (2005).