Weighted precedence and maximal precedence tests and an extension to progressive censoring

In this paper, we introduce weighted precedence and maximal precedence tests for testing the hypothesis that two distribution functions are equal, which is an extension of the precedence life-test first proposed by Nelson [Technometrics 5 (1963) 491–499] and the maximal precedence test proposed by Balakrishnan and Ng [In: Hayakawa et al. (Eds.), System and Bayesian Reliability—Essays in Honor of Prof. Richard E. Barlow on his 70th Birthday. …