Some ad hoc protocols allow the discovery and/or storage of multiple routes to the same destination node. The selection of the path to utilize is commonly based on the criterion of the minimum number of hops. However, other strategies could be more appropriate to improve the network performance. In this sense, this paper proposes the criterion based on the estimation of the Mean Residual Path L...

S. Abramsab* , P. Janssenac & N. Veraverbekeaca Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics (I-BioStat), Data Science (DSI), University of Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgiumb Global Health (GHI), Family Medicine Population (FAMPOP), Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgiumc North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

In this paper, borrowing the intuition in Rao et al. (2004), we introduce a cumulative version of the inaccuracy measure (CIM). Also we obtain interesting and applicable properties of CIM for different cases based on the residual, past and interval lifetime random variables. Relying on various applications of stochastic classes in reliability and information theory fields, we stu...

2 θ + respectively. Shanker [2] has discussed its mathematical and statistical properties including its shape, moments, skewness, kurtosis, hazard rate function, mean residual life function, stochastic orderings, mean deviations, distribution of order statistics, Bonferroni and Lorenz curves, Renyi entropy measure, stress-strength reliability, amongst others along with the estimation of paramet...

A system with n independent components which has a k-out-of-n: G structure operates if at least k components operate. Parallel systems are 1-out-of-n: G systems, that is, the system goes out of service when all of its components fail. This paper investigates the mean residual life function of systems with independent and nonidentically distributed components. Some examples related to some lifet...

Mean residual life and failure rate functions are ubiquitously employed in reliability analysis. The term of useful period of lifetime distributions of bathtub-shaped failure rate functions is referred to the flat rigion of this function and has attracted authors and researchers in reliability, actuary, and survival analysis. In recent years, considering the change points of mean residual life ...