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Revisiting poverty measures using quantile functions
N. Unnikrishnan Nair, S. M. Sunoj
In this article we redefine various poverty measures in literature in terms of quantile functions instead of distribution functions in the prevailing approach. This enables provisi…
Fractional Cumulative Residual Entropy in the Quantile Framework and its Applications in the Financial Data
Iona Ann Sebastian, S. M. Sunoj
Fractional cumulative residual entropy (FCRE) is a powerful tool for the analysis of complex systems. Most of the theoretical results and applications related to the FCRE of the li…
The Relative Information Generating Function-A Quantile Approach
Sankaran P. G., Sunoj S. M., Pavithra Hariharan
Information generating functions have been used for generating various entropy and divergence measures. In the present work, we introduce quantile based relative information genera…
On weighted failure rate, its means and associated quantile version
Subarna Bhattacharjee, S. M. Sunoj, Sabana Anwar
In this paper, we define weighted failure rate and their different means from the stand point of an application. We begin by emphasizing that the formation of n independent compone…