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Extended Quasi-likelihood Estimation in Overdispersed Models

  • Kim, Choong-Rak;Lee, Kee-Won;Chung, Youn-Shik;Park, Kook-Lyeol
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.187-200
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    • 1992
  • Samples are often found to be too heterogeneous to be explained by a one-parameter family of models in the sense that the implicit mean-variance relationship in such a family is violated by the data. This phenomenon is often called over-dispersion. The most frequently used method in dealing with over-dispersion is to mix a one-parameter family creating a two parameter marginal mixture family for the data. In this paper, we investigate performance of estimators such as maximum likelihood estimator, method of moment estimator, and maximum quasi-likelihood estimator in negative binomial and beta-binomial distribution. Simulations are done for various mean parameter and dispersion parameter in both distributions, and we conclude that the moment estimators are very superior in the sense of bias and asymptotic relative efficiency.

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Classical and Bayesian methods of estimation for power Lindley distribution with application to waiting time data

  • Sharma, Vikas Kumar;Singh, Sanjay Kumar;Singh, Umesh
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.193-209
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    • 2017
  • The power Lindley distribution with some of its properties is considered in this article. Maximum likelihood, least squares, maximum product spacings, and Bayes estimators are proposed to estimate all the unknown parameters of the power Lindley distribution. Lindley's approximation and Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques are utilized for Bayesian calculations since posterior distribution cannot be reduced to standard distribution. The performances of the proposed estimators are compared based on simulated samples. The waiting times of research articles to be accepted in statistical journals are fitted to the power Lindley distribution with other competing distributions. Chi-square statistic, Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic, Akaike information criterion and Bayesian information criterion are used to access goodness-of-fit. It was found that the power Lindley distribution gives a better fit for the data than other distributions.

Maximum penalized likelihood estimation for a stress-strength reliability model using complete and incomplete data

  • Hassan, Marwa Khalil
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.355-371
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    • 2018
  • The two parameter negative exponential distribution has many practical applications in queuing theory such as the service times of agents in system, the time it takes before your next telephone call, the time until a radioactive practical decays, the distance between mutations on a DNA strand, and the extreme values of annual snowfall or rainfall; consequently, has many applications in reliability systems. This paper considers an estimation problem of stress-strength model with two parameter negative parameter exponential distribution. We introduce a maximum penalized likelihood method, Bayes estimator using Lindley approximation to estimate stress-strength model and compare the proposed estimators with regular maximum likelihood estimator for complete data. We also introduce a maximum penalized likelihood method, Bayes estimator using a Markov chain Mote Carlo technique for incomplete data. A Monte Carlo simulation study is performed to compare stress-strength model estimates. Real data is used as a practical application of the proposed model.

On Estimating the Distributional Parameter and the Complete Sample Size from Incomplete Samples

  • Yeo, Sung-chil
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.118-138
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    • 1991
  • Given a random sample of size N(unknown) with density f(x $\theta$), suppose that only n observations which lie outside a region R are recorded. On the basis of n observations, the Bayes estimators of $\theta$ and N are considered and their asymptotic expansions are developed to compare their second order asymptotic properties with those of the maximum likelihood estimators and the Bayes modal estimators. Corrections to bias and median bias of these estimators are made. An example is given to illustrate the results obtained.

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Statistical Inferences in the Weibull Regression Model based on Censored Data (중도절단(中途切斷)된 데이터를 이용한 와이블회귀모형(回歸模型)의 통계적(統計的) 추론(推論)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Cho, Kil-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.4
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    • pp.13-30
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    • 1993
  • We propose the ordered least squares estimators(OLSE's) of the parameters and the p-th quantiles for the two-parameter Weibull regression model under the Type II censoring, The Monte Carlo simulations are performed to compare the proposed estimators with the maximum likelihood estimators(MLE's), and it is shown that the proposed estimators are slightly better than MLE's as the censoring rate goes up.

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Estimation of the Mean and Variance for Normal Distributions whose Both Sides are Truncated

  • Hong, Chong-Sun;Choi, Yun-Young
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.249-259
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    • 2002
  • In order to estimate the mean and variance for a Normal distribution which is truncated at both right and left sides, maximum likelihood estimators based on the entire sample from the original distribution are compared with the sample mean and variance of the censored sample which is the data remaining after truncation using simulation. We found that, surprisingly, the mean squared error of the mean based on the censored data Is smaller than that of the full sample estimators.

System Reliability Estimation in Bivariate Pareto Model Affected by Common Stress : Bivariate Random Censored Data Case

  • Cho, Jang-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.791-799
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    • 2005
  • We consider two components parallel system in which the lifetimes have the bivariate Pareto model with bivariate random censored data. We assume that bivariate Pareto model is affected by common stress which is independent of the lifetimes of the components. We obtain estimators for the system reliability based on likelihood function and relative frequency. Also we construct approximated confidence intervals for the reliability based on maximum likelihood estimator and relative frequency estimator, respectively. Finally we present a numerical study.

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On Estimating the Parameters of an Extended Form of Logarithmic Series Distribution

  • Kumar, C. Satheesh;Riyaza, A.
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.417-425
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    • 2013
  • We consider an extended version of a logarithmic series distribution and discuss the estimation of its parameters by the method of moments and the method of maximum likelihood. Test procedures are suggested to test the significance of the additional parameter of this distribution and all procedures are illustrated with the help of real life data sets. In addition, a simulation study is conducted to assess the performance of the estimators.

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Lifetime Distribution under Stress Bounded Ramp Tests: The Case Where Stress Loaded from Use Condition (스트레스 한계가 있는 램프시험하에서 신뢰수명분포의 최우추정: 사용조건에서부터 스트레스를 가하는 경우)

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    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 1997
  • This paper considers maximum likelihood (ML) estimation of lifetime distribution under stress bounded ramp tests in which the stress is increased linearly from used condition stress to the stress u, pp.r bound. The following assumptions are used: exponential lifetime distribution under a constant stress, an inverse power law relationship between stress and mean of exponential lifetime distribution, and a cumulative exposure model for the effect of changing stress. Likelihood equations for the parameters involved in the model and asymptotic distribution of the estimators are obtained, and a numerical example is given.

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Jackknife Parametric Estimations in a Truncated Arcsine Distribution

  • Kim, Jung-Dae;Lee, Chang-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.91-97
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    • 1997
  • Maximum likelihood and jackknife estimators of the location and scale parameters and right-tail probability in the truncated arcsine distribution are proposed, and we shall compare the performances of the proposed estimators in terms of bias and mean squared error.

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