Copulas are one of the main tools in modelling the dependence of random variables. They join univariate distributions into the multivariate ones on the level of distribution functions. In the thesis, we define a new family of two-dimensional copulas, called maxmin copulas, which are typically applied to model the lifetime of a two-component system where components are subject to shocks, similarly as Marshall copulas. Consider a system with components ▫$A$▫ and ▫$B$▫ which are subject to three different types of shocks. The first one is fatal for Component ▫$A$▫ only, the second one for Component ▫$B$▫ only, and the third type of shock affects both components simultaneously. The independent times of occurrences of three types of shocks are denoted respectively by ▫$X$▫, ▫$Y$▫ and ▫$Z$▫. Let ▫$U$▫, respectively ▫$V$▫, denote the lifetime of Component ▫$A$▫, respectively Component ▫$B$▫. Observe that▫ $U = \min\{X,Z\}$▫ and ▫$V = \min\{Y,Z\}$▫. The distribution of ▫$(U, V )$▫ is modelled by Marshall copula. In the paper [A. W. Marshall, Copulas, marginals, and joint distributions, v: L. Rüschendorf, B. Schweizer, M. D. Taylor (ur.), Distributions with Fixed Marginals and Related Topics, IMS Lecture Notes - Monograph Series, vol. 28, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Hayward, CA, 1996, str. 213-222.], Marshall proves a theorem that characterizes this family of copulas. In the thesis, we show that additional technical assumptions are needed, and we also prove a stronger version of this theorem. If we assume that occurences of shocks are distributed exponentially, we get well-known Marshall-Olkin copulas. We modify the above probabilistic model by allowing Component ▫$A$▫ to have a recovery option, while Component ▫$B$▫ is behaving as before. Imagine, for example, that we have an additional copy of Component ▫$A$▫. The lifetime of Component ▫$B$▫ is still expressed as ▫$V = \min\{Y,Z\}$▫, while the lifetime of Component ▫$A$▫ becomes ▫$U = \max\{X,Z\}$▫, since it is eliminated only by both types of shocks. It is our main goal to find a copula that models the lifetimes of these components. We give a full study of the augmented case by introducing maxmin copulas, which solve the described problem. In the thesis, we characterize maxmin copulas, study their properties, and give examples.
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