%0 Journal Article %@ 0023-5954 %A Foschi, Rachele %D 2013 %F eprints:1431 %I Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the ASCR %J Kybernetika %K Keywords: copulas, semi-copulas, evolution of ageing and dependence, action of a semigroup. Classification: 62N05, 60E15, 37L05 %N 1 %P 96-113 %T Hyper-dependence, hyper-ageing properties and analogies between them: a semigroup-based approach %U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1431/ %V 49 %X In previous papers, evolution of dependence and ageing, for vectors of non-negative random variables, have been separately considered. Some analogies between the two evolutions emerge however in those studies. In the present paper, we propose a unified approach, based on semigroup arguments, explaining the origin of such analogies and relations among properties of stochastic dependence and ageing.