Preservation of Relative Hazard Rate and Relative Reversed Hazard Rate Orders by Distorted Distributions

Abstract

In this paper, we establish preservation properties of relative aging orders under distorted distributions. The relative hazard rate order and the relative reversed hazard rate order are considered. Using the derived results, a preservation property of the relative hazard rate order and a preservation property of the relative reversed hazard rate order derived perviously by Misra and Francis (Stat. Probab. Lett. 106:272–280, 2015) for, respectively, parallel and series systems are strengthened. Examples are also presented to illustrate the applicability of the obtained results.