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Estimation of parameters under a random censorship model |
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| Authors: | Edsel A Pena Vijay K Rohatgi |
| Institution: | Department of Mathematics and Statistics , Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green, Ohio, 43403-0221 |
| Abstract: | The problem of estimation of parameters of a lifetime distribution is considered under the proportional hazards model of random censorship. Asymptotic variances of several estimators of survival function are compared in the eponential case. |
| Keywords: | Koziol-Green model of random censorship survival distribution maximum likelihood estimators unbiased estimators survival function |