If X
is a nonnegative random variable representing the life of a component having distribution function F
,the mean residual life is defined by
$$ m(t) = E(X-t | X >t) = \frac{1}{\bar F(t)} \int_t^\infty (x-t) d\nu(x), t\geq 0 $$ In papaer R. C. Gupta and D. M. Bradley (2003)" Representing the Mean Residual Life in Terms of the Failure Rate"mentioned that by writing $$x - t = \int_{t}^{x} du$$ and employing Tonelli's theorem yields the equivalent formula $$ m(t) = \frac{1}{\bar F(t)}\int_t^\infty \int_t^x du d\nu(x) = \frac{1}{\bar F(t)}\int_t^\infty \int_u^\infty d\nu(x) du = \frac{1}{\bar F(t)}\int_t^\infty \bar{F}(u) du $$ How can we get this result by substituting the above integral and using Tonelli's theorem?