This paper provides an estimation method for an unknown parameter by extending weighted least-squared and pivot-based methods to the Gompertz distribution with the shape and scale parameters under the progressive Type-II censoring scheme, which induces a consistent estimator and an unbiased estimator of the scale parameter. In addition, a way to deal with a nuisance parameter is provided in the pivot-based approach. For evaluation and comparison, the Monte Carlo simulations are conducted, and real data are analyzed.
Suppose that the life of unit is distributed as two-parameter exponential distribution. The Bayesian estimation for cold standby series system is studied based on general Progressive type II censored samples. Under the different error loss, the Bayesian estimation of the unknown parameter and reliability function are derived where hyper-parameters are estimated by using Maximum likelihood method. At last, a numerical example is given by means of the Monte-Carlo simulation to illustrate the correctness and feasibility for the method proposed in this paper.
Statistical Inference of Stress-Strength Reliability for the Exponential Power (EP) Distribution Based on Progressive Type-II Censored Samples