Inference for log-gamma distribution based on progressively type-II censored data

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1271-1292

  Lin, Chien Tai ^a   Wu, Sam J S ^a   Balakrishnan, N ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approximate maximum likelihood estimators; EM algorithm; Extreme value distribution; Fisher information; Fixed point iteration; Maximum likelihood estimators; Modified EM algorithm; Monte Carlo simulations; Newton Raphson method; Normal distribution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SAMPLING;

APPROXIMATE MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS; EM ALGORITHMS; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; FISHER INFORMATION; FIXED-POINT ITERATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS; MODIFIED EM ALGORITHMS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 33747196704     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610920600692789     Document Type: Article

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