The Exact Distribution of The Ratio of Two Independent Hypoexponential Random Variables

Therrar Kadri *

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon.

Khaled Smaili

Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Zahle, Lebanon.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

The distribution of ratio of two random variables are of interest in many areas of the sciences. The study of the ratio of same family and finding their exact density expression was examined by many authors for decades. Some are solved and others gave approximations, but many still unsolved. In this paper, we consider the ratio of two independent Hypoexponential distributions. We find the exact expressions for the probability density function, the cumulative distribution function, moment generating function, the reliability function and hazard function, which was proved to be a linear combination of the Generalized-F distribution.

Keywords: Ratio Distribution, Hypoexponential Distribution, Erlang Distribution, Generalized-F Distribution, Log-logistic Distribution, Probability Density Function, Cumulative Distribution Function, Reliability Function, Hazard Function.


How to Cite

Kadri, Therrar, and Khaled Smaili. 2014. “The Exact Distribution of The Ratio of Two Independent Hypoexponential Random Variables”. Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science 4 (18):2665-75. https://doi.org/10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11217.

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