Estimators of a distribution function with increasing failure rate average

DOI10.1016/0378-3758(87)90092-9zbMath0653.62034OpenAlexW2041142140MaRDI QIDQ1107925

Jane-Ling Wang

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3758(87)90092-9

zbMATH Keywords

IFRAsample distributionincreasing failure rate averagestar-shaped functionasymptotically minimax estimatorgreatest star- shaped minorant of the sample hazard function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Nonparametric estimation (62G05) Reliability and life testing (62N05)

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