Point and interval estimation for Gaussian distribution, based on progressively type-II censored samples

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-95

  Balakrishnan, N ^a   Kannan, N ^b   Lin, C T ^c   Ng, H K T ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian distribution; Hazard function; Maximum likelihood estimator; Monte Carlo simulation; Optimal censoring scheme; Pivotal quantity; Progressive type II censoring; Statistical confidence interval

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0037334244     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2002.805786     Document Type: Article

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