Abstract
We consider the problem of estimating the scale parameter θ of the shifted exponential distribution with unknown location based on a type II progressively censored sample. Under a large class of bowl-shaped loss functions, a smooth estimator, that dominates the minimum risk equivariant estimator of θ, is proposed. A numerical study is performed and shows that the improved estimator yields significant risk reduction over the MRE.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1437-1440 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Entropy loss
- Equivariant estimator
- Exponential distribution
- Improved estimation
- Mean squared error
- Risk reduction
- Scale parameter
- Type II progressive censoring
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Applied Mathematics