Abstract
In this paper, we consider the ratios of order statistics in samples from uniform distribution and establish strong and weak laws for these ratios.
1 Introduction
If the random variables X1, …, Xn are arranged in order of magnitude and then written X(1) ≤ ··· ≤ X(n), or, in more explicit notation, Xn,1 ≤ ·· Xn,n, we call Xn,k the kth order statistics (i = 1, ···, n). Order statistics might have a significant role in many settings, for example, robust location estimates, detection of outliers, strength of materials, reliability, quality control, selecting the best, and so on [1, 2]. If X1, ···, Xn have a common distribution F which is continuous, then with probability 1 the order statistics of the sample take distinct values. The exact distribution of the kth order statistic Xnk is easily found but cumbersome to use:
In the theory of order statistics, the uniform distribution plays an important role. For instance, let us introduce independent identically distributed random variables η1, ···, ηn and ξ1, ···, ξn where the ηi are (0, 1)-uniformly distributed and the ξi have the common distribution F. Then the following two relations hold:
if F is continuous and
where F–1 is quantile function. Let Un,1 ≤ ··· ≤ Un,n and Xn,1 ≤ ··· ≤ Xn,n be the order statistics of η1, ··, ηn and ξ1, ···, ξn, then one obtains
and
In general, spacings of uniform random variables cannot be independent. However it was shown by Malmquist [3] that certain ratios of order statistics Uni of uniform random variables are independent, namely,
are independent random variables and
(with the convention that Un0 = 0).
In this paper, we consider the following ratios of order statistics from uniform distribution.
where Xn(k) denote the order statistics of the samples (Xn1, ···, Xnmn from the uniform distribution on [an, bn] for every n = 1, 2, ···. Some limit theorems for Rnij will be established and most of the results presented are new to the best of our knowledge. Some similar results from exponentials have been studied by Adler [4] and Miao et al. [5].
2 Main results
Assume that {Xni, i = 1, 2, ···, mn} are independent identically distributed random variables with uniform distribution on [an, bn] for every n = 1, 2, ···. Denote {Xn(k), k = 1, 2, ··, mn} as the order statistics of the random variables {Xni, i = 1, 2, ···, mn} and let
denote the ratio of the order statistics {Xn(k), k = 1, 2, ···, mn}. Intuitively, if an = 0, then the ratio Rnij takes value in [1, ∞) and if an > 0, then the ratio Rnij takes value in [1, bn/an]. Hence, we shall discuss the properties of the ratio Rnij based on the different cases. Firstly we establish the properties of Rn12.
2.1 Properties of Rn12
Let 0 = an < bn, then the density function of the ratio Rn12is
which is independent of n.
Proof. It is easy to see
Let w =x1,
then we have
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Obviously, the expectation of Rn12is infinite and the β-order moment is finite for 0 < β 1.
Let 0 = an < bn, for any mn → ∞ and all α > –2,
Theorem 2.3 extends the result in Adler [6, Theorem 3.1], which proved the same result for the sample from the uniform distribution on [0, p]. Since the proof is similar to Adler, we omit it.
Let 0 < an < bn, then the density function of the ratio Rn12is
Proof. By a straightforward computation we have
Let w = x1,
then we have
which completes the proof of the theorem. □
Let 0 < an < bn, the expectation of the ratio Rn12is
where
In particular, if as n → ∞,
then we have
Proof. By Theorem 2.5 we have
which yields the theorem. □
Let 0 < an < bn, the second moment of the ratio Rn12is
and the variance of Rn12has the following estimate
Proof. From Theorem 2.5 and Theorem 2.6, it is easy to obtain the desired results.
From Theorem 2.7, when
Based on the above theorems for the cases 0 < an < bn, the following central limit theorem for Rn12 holds.
Let 0 < an < bn, then we have
Proof. By the Liapounov’s condition, the theorem holds. □
2.2 Properties ofRn23
In this subsection, we discuss the properties of the ratio of the second and third order statistics from an independent identically distributed sample of uniform distribution.
Let 0 = an < bn, then the density function of the ratio Rn23is
which is independent of n.
Proof. It is not difficult to obtain
Let w = x2,
then we have
which completes the proof. □
It is not difficult to check that for any 0 < δ < 2, the δ-order moment of Rn23exists and the second moment is infinite. In particular, E(Rn23) = 2.
Let 0 = an < bn, then we have
Proof. Let us define L(x) := E(ξ21{|ξ| ≤ x} and
It is easy to see that
Let 0 < an < bn, then the density function of Rn23is
Proof. It is easy to get
Let w = x2,
then we have
which completes the proof. □
From Theorem 2.13, we know that for all δ > 0, the δ-order moments of Rn23 exist. However, some moments can not be expressed explicitly.
Let 0 < an < bn, the expectation of Rn23is
In particular, if as n → ∞,
then we have
Proof. By using Theorem 2.13 we obtain
where we use the variable replacement
Let 0 < an < bn, the 2-order moment of the ratio Rn23is
In particular, if as n → ∞,
then we have
Proof. By Theorem 2.13 we have
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2.3 Properties of Rn1j
In this subsection, we establish the properties of the ratio of the first and j th order statistics from an independent identically distributed sample of uniform distribution with parameters an and bn, the sample size is fixed as m.
Let 0 = an < bn, then the density function of Rn1jis
Proof. It is easy to see
Let w = x1,
then we have
which completes this proof. □
Let 0 = an < bn, for all α>–2,
Proof. Let zn = (ln n)α/n, dn = (ln n)α+2 and cn = dn/zn = n(ln n)2. Denote Rn1j = Xn(j) = Xn(1), then we find that the density function of Rn1j is
Next we use the partition
Combining with the the Khintchine-Kolmogorov convergence theorem (see Chow and Teicher [8, Theorem 1 in Page 113]), Kronecker’s lemma (see Chow and Teicher [8, Lemma 2 in Page 114]) and the following analysis
we find that the first term vanishes almost surely. By the Borel-Cantelli lemma and the following analysis
the second term vanishes. For the third term in the partition, we have
then we obtain
so, the theorem holds. □
Let 0 < an < bn, then the density function of Rn1jis
where
Proof. It is not difficult to obtain
Let w = x1,
then we have
which completes this proof. □
Let 0 < an < bn, the expectation of Rn1jis
Proof. By Theorem 2.19 we have
so, the theorem holds. □
Acknowledgement
This work is supported by IRTSTHN (14IRTSTHN023), NSFC (11471104, 71501016), Science and Technology Project of Beijing Municipal Education Commission (71E1610975).
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