Maximum likelihood estimation of a distribution function with increasing failure rate based on censored observations

DOI10.1093/biomet/67.2.470zbMath0455.62081OpenAlexW2088713081MaRDI QIDQ3903923

W. J. Padgett, L. J. Wei

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Biometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/67.2.470

zbMATH Keywords

maximum likelihood estimationproduct-limit estimatorWeibull distributionincreasing failure ratelife testingright censorship

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10) Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Reliability and life testing (62N05)

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