Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Distributions with Monotone Failure Rate
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Distributions with Monotone Failure Rate
using the idea of maximum likelihood, we derive an estimator for a distribution function possessing an increasing (decreasing) failure rate and also obtain corresponding estimators for the density and the failure rate. We show that these estimators are consistent.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Mathematical Statistics
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0003-4851
DOI: 10.1214/aoms/1177700271