%0 Journal Article %A H. Panahi and S. Asadi %D 2011 %J International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 55, 2011 %T Inference of Stress-Strength Model for a Lomax Distribution %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13042 %V 55 %X In this paper, the estimation of the stress-strength parameter R = P(Y < X), when X and Y are independent and both are Lomax distributions with the common scale parameters but different shape parameters is studied. The maximum likelihood estimator of R is derived. Assuming that the common scale parameter is known, the bayes estimator and exact confidence interval of R are discussed. Simulation study to investigate performance of the different proposed methods has been carried out. %P 937 - 940