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Cumulative shock models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Allan Gut
Allan Gut*
Affiliation:
Uppsala University
*
∗Postal address: Uppsala University, Department of Mathematics, Thunbergsvägen 3, S-752 38 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Abstract

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We show that a theory for stopped two-dimensional random walks is well suited to describe cumulative shock models. Limit theorems for the lifetime/failure time of a system are provided.

Keywords

SHOCKINTERSHOCK TIMESTOPPED RANDOM WALKRENEWAL THEORYFIRST-PASSAGE TIMESSTRONG LAWCENTRAL LIMIT THEOREMLAW OF THE ITERATED LOGARITHMMOMENT CONVERGENCEINSURANCE RISK THEORY
Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , June 1990 , pp. 504 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1990 

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