Reducing bias of the maximum likelihood estimator of shape parameter for the gamma Distribution

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 1715-1724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Gamma Distribution ◽  
Shape Parameter ◽  
Likelihood Estimator

A SIMPLE ESTIMATOR FOR THE WEIBULL SHAPE PARAMETER

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 395-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAHDI TEIMOURI ◽  
SARALEES NADARAJAH
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Weibull Distribution ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Shape Parameter ◽  
Scale Parameter ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimators ◽  
Simulation Studies ◽  
Likelihood Estimator

The Weibull distribution is the most popular model for lifetimes. However, the maximum likelihood estimators for the Weibull distribution are not available in closed form. In this note, we derive a simple, consistent, closed form estimator for the Weibull shape parameter. This estimator is independent of the Weibull scale parameter. Simulation studies show that this estimator performs as well as the maximum likelihood estimator.

scholarly journals A Characterization of the Compound Multiparameter Hermite Gamma Distribution via Gauss’s Principle

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Hürlimann
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Gamma Distribution ◽  
Random Sums ◽  
Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Sample Mean ◽  
Count Distribution ◽  
Compound Distribution ◽  
The Mean

We consider the class of those distributions that satisfy Gauss's principle (the maximum likelihood estimator of the mean is the sample mean) and have a parameter orthogonal to the mean. It is shown that this so-called “mean orthogonal class” is closed under convolution. A previous characterization of the compound gamma characterization of random sums is revisited and clarified. A new characterization of the compound distribution with multiparameter Hermite count distribution and gamma severity distribution is obtained.

The Comparison Between the Bayes Estimator and the Maximum Likelihood Estimator of the Reliability Function for Negative Exponential Distribution

2018 ◽  
pp. 439
Author(s):  
Hazim Mansour Gorgees ◽  
Bushra Abdualrasool Ali ◽  
Raghad Ibrahim Kathum
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Exponential Distribution ◽  
Reliability Function ◽  
Bayes Estimator ◽  
Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulation Technique ◽  
Negative Exponential Distribution ◽  
Negative Exponential ◽  
Better Than

     In this paper, the maximum likelihood estimator and the Bayes estimator of the reliability function for negative exponential distribution has been derived, then a Monte –Carlo simulation technique was employed to compare the performance of such estimators. The integral mean square error (IMSE) was used as a criterion for this comparison. The simulation results displayed that the Bayes estimator performed better than the maximum likelihood estimator for different samples sizes.

scholarly journals Transforming variables to central normality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Raymaekers ◽  
Peter J. Rousseeuw
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Simulation Study ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Transformation Parameter ◽  
Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Extensive Simulation ◽  
Highly Sensitive

AbstractMany real data sets contain numerical features (variables) whose distribution is far from normal (Gaussian). Instead, their distribution is often skewed. In order to handle such data it is customary to preprocess the variables to make them more normal. The Box–Cox and Yeo–Johnson transformations are well-known tools for this. However, the standard maximum likelihood estimator of their transformation parameter is highly sensitive to outliers, and will often try to move outliers inward at the expense of the normality of the central part of the data. We propose a modification of these transformations as well as an estimator of the transformation parameter that is robust to outliers, so the transformed data can be approximately normal in the center and a few outliers may deviate from it. It compares favorably to existing techniques in an extensive simulation study and on real data.

Covariance matrix of the bias-corrected maximum likelihood estimator in generalized linear models

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 643-652
Author(s):  
Gauss M. Cordeiro ◽  
Denise A. Botter ◽  
Alexsandro B. Cavalcanti ◽  
Lúcia P. Barroso
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Covariance Matrix ◽  
Generalized Linear Models ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Likelihood Estimator

Large deviations and Berry–Esseen inequalities for estimators in nonhomogeneous diffusion driven by fractional Brownian motion

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
Kouacou Tanoh ◽  
Modeste N’zi ◽  
Armel Fabrice Yodé
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Large Deviations ◽  
Stochastic Differential Equation ◽  
Fractional Brownian Motion ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Bayes Estimator ◽  
Likelihood Estimator

AbstractWe are interested in bounds on the large deviations probability and Berry–Esseen type inequalities for maximum likelihood estimator and Bayes estimator of the parameter appearing linearly in the drift of nonhomogeneous stochastic differential equation driven by fractional Brownian motion.

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