IFS approximations of distribution functions and related optimization problems.
Improved inference for the generalized Pareto distribution under linear, power and exponential normalization
We discuss three estimation methods: the method of moments, probability weighted moments, and L-moments for the scale parameter and the extreme value index in the generalized Pareto distribution under linear normalization. Moreover, we adapt these methods to use for the generalized Pareto distribution under power and exponential normalizations. A simulation study is conducted to compare the three methods on the three models and determine which is the best, which turned out to be the probability...
Improving on Two-Stage Estimators for Scale Families.
In Information Theoretic Argument for the Validity of the Exponential Model.
Inference on overlap coefficients under the Weibull distribution : equal shape parameter
In this paper we consider three measures of overlap, namely Matusia’s measure , Morisita’s measure and Weitzman’s measure . These measures are usually used in quantitative ecology and stress-strength models of reliability analysis. Herein we consider two Weibull distributions having the same shape parameter and different scale parameters. This distribution is known to be the most flexible life distribution model with two parameters. Monte Carlo evaluations are used to study the bias and precision...
Inference on overlap coefficients under the Weibull distribution: Equal shape parameter
In this paper we consider three measures of overlap, namely Matusia's measure ρ, Morisita's measure λ and Weitzman's measure Δ. These measures are usually used in quantitative ecology and stress-strength models of reliability analysis. Herein we consider two Weibull distributions having the same shape parameter and different scale parameters. This distribution is known to be the most flexible life distribution model with two parameters. Monte Carlo evaluations are used to study the bias and precision...
Inference on the location parameter of exponential populations
Studentization and analysis of variance are simple in Gaussian families because X̅ and S² are independent random variables. We exploit the independence of the spacings in exponential populations with location λ and scale δ to develop simple ways of dealing with inference on the location parameter, namely by developing an analysis of scale in the homocedastic independent k-sample problem.
Inferencia bayesiana en mixturas: métodos aproximados.
The problem of approximating mixtures of distributions has received considerable attention recently. In this paper we consider problems of estimating the mixing proportions of a finite mixture from a Bayesian perspective. The problems which arise from this methodology are basically approximations of finite measures of distributions. We propose two approximating methods and prove that under certain conditions both methods are asymptotically equivalent to a third method, which turns out to be simpler...
Inferential procedures on a generalized Rayleigh variate. I
Inferential procedures on a generalized Rayleigh variate. II
Information inequalities for the minimax risk of sequential estimators (with applications)
Information inequalities for the minimax risk of sequential estimators are derived in the case where the loss is measured by the squared error of estimation plus a linear functional of the number of observations. The results are applied to construct minimax sequential estimators of: the failure rate in an exponential model with censored data, the expected proportion of uncensored observations in the proportional hazards model, the odds ratio in a binomial distribution and the expectation of exponential...
Insensitivity region for variance components in general linear model
In linear regression models the estimator of variance components needs a suitable choice of a starting point for an iterative procedure for a determination of the estimate. The aim of this paper is to find a criterion for a decision whether a linear regression model enables to determine the estimate reasonably and whether it is possible to do so when using the given data.
Inverse Cauchy problem and unbiased estimation