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A dynamic measure of inaccuracy between two past lifetime distributions. (English) Zbl 1216.62156
Summary: We introduce a dynamic measure of inaccuracy between two past life time distributions over the interval $$(0,t)$$. Based on the proportional reversed hazard rate model (PRHRM), a characterization problem for this dynamic inaccuracy measure has been studied. An upper bound to the dynamic measure of inaccuracy $$H^*(f,g;t)$$ has also been derived.

##### MSC:
 62N05 Reliability and life testing 62E10 Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions 62B10 Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics
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