Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information

The Weibull distribution provides a statistical model which has a wide variety of applications in many areas, including life testing and reliability theory. The main advantageous of this distribution is its ability to provide reasonably accurate failure analysis and failure forecasts with extremely...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, Al Omari Mohammed, Ibrahim, Noor Akma
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48114/
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description The Weibull distribution provides a statistical model which has a wide variety of applications in many areas, including life testing and reliability theory. The main advantageous of this distribution is its ability to provide reasonably accurate failure analysis and failure forecasts with extremely small samples. Bayesian approach has received much attention and in contention with other estimation methods. In this study we explore and compare the performance of the Bayesian using Jeffrey prior and the extension of Jeffrey prior information with maximum likelihood method for estimating the parameters of Weibull distribution with censored data. Through the simulation study comparisons are made on the performance of these estimators with respect to the Mean Square Error (MSE) and Mean Percentage Error (MPE). For all the varying sample size, several specific values of the scale parameter of the Weibull distribution and for the values specify for the extension of Jeffrey prior, the estimators of Jeffrey prior result in smaller MSE and MPE compared to Bayesian estimator using extension of Jeffrey prior in majority of the cases. Nevertheless in all cases for both methods the MSE and MPE decrease as sample size increases.
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spelling upm-481142016-08-04T08:57:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48114/ Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information Ahmed, Al Omari Mohammed Ibrahim, Noor Akma The Weibull distribution provides a statistical model which has a wide variety of applications in many areas, including life testing and reliability theory. The main advantageous of this distribution is its ability to provide reasonably accurate failure analysis and failure forecasts with extremely small samples. Bayesian approach has received much attention and in contention with other estimation methods. In this study we explore and compare the performance of the Bayesian using Jeffrey prior and the extension of Jeffrey prior information with maximum likelihood method for estimating the parameters of Weibull distribution with censored data. Through the simulation study comparisons are made on the performance of these estimators with respect to the Mean Square Error (MSE) and Mean Percentage Error (MPE). For all the varying sample size, several specific values of the scale parameter of the Weibull distribution and for the values specify for the extension of Jeffrey prior, the estimators of Jeffrey prior result in smaller MSE and MPE compared to Bayesian estimator using extension of Jeffrey prior in majority of the cases. Nevertheless in all cases for both methods the MSE and MPE decrease as sample size increases. Elsevier 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48114/1/48114.pdf Ahmed, Al Omari Mohammed and Ibrahim, Noor Akma (2010) Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 8. pp. 663-669. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281002197X 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.092
spellingShingle Ahmed, Al Omari Mohammed
Ibrahim, Noor Akma
Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information
title Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information
title_full Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information
title_fullStr Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information
title_full_unstemmed Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information
title_short Bayesian estimator for Weibull distribution with censored data using extension of Jeffrey prior information
title_sort bayesian estimator for weibull distribution with censored data using extension of jeffrey prior information
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48114/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48114/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48114/1/48114.pdf