Modified maximum likelihood estimators based on ranked set samples

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 641-658

  Zheng, Gang ^a   Al Saleh, Mohammad F ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Asymptotic relative efficiency; Estimating equation; Judgment error; Modified maximum likelihood equation; Order statistics; Ranked set sampling; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ASYMPTOTIC RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; JUDGMENT ERRORS; MODIFIED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS; RANKED SET SAMPLES;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 0038779987     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022475413950     Document Type: Article

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