Abstract
In this paper, we give an identity based on conditional mean to determine the failure rate of a distribution. Some well-known characterizations are deduced as special cases. We also present various applications of the identity. By extending this to the bivariate case, we obtain a class of distributions with a specified form of failure rate. Finally we study the properties and the applications of the bivariate model.
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