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The influence of the random censorship model on the estimation of the scale parameter of the exponential distribution

중도절단모형이 지수분포의 척도모수추정에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2014.01.28
  • Accepted : 2014.03.11
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

The simplest and the most important distribution in survival analysis is the exponential distribution. In this paper, we investigate the influence of the random censorship model on the estimation of the scale parameter of the exponential distribution. The considered random censorship models are Koziol-Green model and the generalized exponential distribution model. Two models have different meanings. Through the simulation study, the averages of the estimated values of the parameter do not show big differences, however the MSE of the estimator tends to be bigger when the supposed model is significantly different from the true model.

수명시간 분석에서 자주 이용되는 분포 중 하나는 지수분포이다. 본 논문에서는 임의중도절단 자료의 분석에서 중도절단모형이 지수분포의 모수추정에 어떤 영향을 주는지에 대해서 알아보았다. 고려한 중도절단모형은 Koziol-Green 모형과 일반화 지수분포 모형으로 이들은 의미상 매우 다른 모형이다. 모의실험을 통해서 살펴본 결과 중도절단모형이 모수의 평균적인 추정값에는 크게 영향을 주지 않는다고 보이나 가정한 모형이 실제의 모형과 차이가 심하게 나는 경우 추정량의 MSE가 커지는 경향을 보였다.

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