TY - GEN AU - Sordo Díaz, Miguel Ángel AU - Ramos, Héctor M. A4 - Estadística e Investigación Operativa PY - 2007 SN - 0932-5026 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10498/14986 AB - Random variables may be compared with respect to their location by comparing certain functionals ad hoc, such as the mean or median, or by means of stochastic ordering based directly on the properties of the corresponding distribution functions. These... LA - eng PB - Springer-Verlag KW - increasing convex order KW - L-functional KW - location measures TI - Characterization of stochastic orders by L-functionals DO - 10.1007/s00362-006-0329-4 ER -