Computing maximum likelihood estimates from type II doubly censored exponential data

It is well-known that, under Type II double censoring, the maximum likelihood (ML) estimators of the location and scale parameters, θ and δ, of a twoparameter exponential distribution are linear functions of the order statistics. In contrast, when θ is known, theML estimator of δ does not admit a closed form expression. It is shown, however, that theML estimator of the scale parameter exists and is unique. Moreover, it has good large-sample properties. In addition, sharp lower and upper bounds for this estimator are provided, which can serve as starting points for iterative interpolation methods such as regula falsi. Explicit expressions for the expected Fisher information and Cramér-Rao lower bound are also derived. In the Bayesian context, assuming an inverted gamma prior on δ, the uniqueness, boundedness and asymptotics of the highest posterior density estimator of δ can be deduced in a similar way. Finally, an illustrative example is included.     

我国西部地区生态环境存在的问题及对策

西部地区虽然经济欠发达,但在我国经济社会发展中占有重要位置。一方面西部地区是我国的重要能源基地,也是长江、澜沧江、黄河、黑河、珠江等大江大河的发源地和主要集水区;另一方面,西部地区野生动植物资源丰富,是我国许多珍稀野生动植物的主要栖息地。因此,西部地区的生态环境建设不仅对西部地区自身发     

谈"以德治国"中的官德建设

“以德治国”的德,首指官德.从古至今,官德建设一直受到重视.新形势下,我们应谊借鉴古代官德建设的经验,正视现存的官德问题,加强官德建设.     

关于第二类级联构造Bent序列的讨论(英文)

考虑用 4个长为 2 n - 2 的Bent序列或线性序列级联构造Bent序列的问题 ,给出了第二类线性基Bent序列的类型以及级联序列为第二类Bent基Bent序列的一个充分条件 .     

现代市场经济是信用经济

信用是经济发展的基石 ,为促进我国社会主义市场经济的健康发展 ,必须认清和健全我国的信用体系。     

Bayesian modelling of catch in a north-west Atlantic fishery

Summary. We model daily catches of fishing boats in the Grand Bank fishing grounds. We use data on catches per species for a number of vessels collected by the European Union in the context of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. Many variables can be thought to influence the amount caught: a number of ship characteristics (such as the size of the ship, the fishing technique used and the mesh size of the nets) are obvious candidates, but one can also consider the season or the actual location of the catch. Our database leads to 28 possible regressors (arising from six continuous variables and four categorical variables, whose 22 levels are treated separately), resulting in a set of 177 million possible linear regression models for the log-catch. Zero observations are modelled separately through a probit model. Inference is based on Bayesian model averaging, using a Markov chain Monte Carlo approach. Particular attention is paid to the prediction of catches for single and aggregated ships.     

浅谈新世纪高校档案人员素质

新世纪 ,我国高等教育改革与发展方兴未艾 ,如何使档案工作适应高校管理体制改革的需要 ,人的素质是关键因素 ,因此只有不断改进管理手段和方法 ,提高档案管理人员的素质 ,才能充分发挥档案的应有作用 ,为我国的高等教育事业贡献力量。     

创业教育探究

创业教育是未来主导性教育体制与教育形态之一 ,它植根于创业概念、创业现象、创业学、创业大赛、创业者的研究之中。创业教育走过了一条从无到有 ,从精英到平民的道路。创业教育的兴起是国际政治、经济、文化、教育、价值竞争的结果     

Empirical likelihood confidence intervals for the mean of a population containing many zero values

If a population contains many zero values and the sample size is not very large, the traditional normal approximation‐based confidence intervals for the population mean may have poor coverage probabilities. This problem is substantially reduced by constructing parametric likelihood ratio intervals when an appropriate mixture model can be found. In the context of survey sampling, however, there is a general preference for making minimal assumptions about the population under study. The authors have therefore investigated the coverage properties of nonparametric empirical likelihood confidence intervals for the population mean. They show that under a variety of hypothetical populations, these intervals often outperformed parametric likelihood intervals by having more balanced coverage rates and larger lower bounds. The authors illustrate their methodology using data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey for the year 2000.