On the Bayesian inference of Kumaraswamy distributions based on censored samples

Indranil Ghosh*, Saralees Nadarajah

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    Abstract

    In this article we discuss Bayesian estimation of Kumaraswamy distributions based on three different types of censored samples. We obtain Bayes estimates of the model parameters using two different types of loss functions (LINEX and Quadratic) under each censoring scheme (left censoring, singly type-II censoring, and doubly type-II censoring) using Monte Carlo simulation study with posterior risk plots for each different choices of the model parameters. Also, detailed discussion regarding elicitation of the hyperparameters under the dependent prior setup is discussed. If one of the shape parameters is known then closed form expressions of the Bayes estimates corresponding to posterior risk under both the loss functions are available. To provide the efficacy of the proposed method, a simulation study is conducted and the performance of the estimation is quite interesting. For illustrative purpose, real-life data are considered.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-18
    Number of pages18
    JournalCommunications in Statistics - Theory and Methods
    Early online date17 Aug 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Keywords

    • Censored sampling
    • choice of hyperparameters
    • Kumaraswamy distribution
    • linear and quadratic loss functions
    • posterior risk.

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