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Multivariate Comparisons of Ordered Data

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In this paper we present a review for some of the main results about multivariate comparisons of ordered data.

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Belzunce, F. (2013). Multivariate Comparisons of Ordered Data. In: Li, H., Li, X. (eds) Stochastic Orders in Reliability and Risk. Lecture Notes in Statistics(), vol 208. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6892-9_4

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