scholarly journals A flexible ranked set sampling schemes: Statistical analysis on scale parameter

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-203
Author(s):  
Abbas Eftekharian ◽  
Mostafa Razmkhah ◽  
Jafar Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Existence And Uniqueness ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Scale Parameter ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Ranked Set Sampling ◽  
Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Normal Distributions ◽  
Sampling Schemes ◽  
The Cost

A flexible ranked set sampling scheme including some various existing sampling methods  is proposed. This scheme may be used to minimize the  error of ranking and the cost of sampling. Based on the data obtained from this scheme, the maximum likelihood estimation as well as the Fisher information are studied for the  scale family of distributions. The existence and uniqueness of  the  maximum likelihood estimator  of the scale parameter of the exponential  and  normal distributions are  investigated. Moreover, the optimal scheme is derived via simulation and numerical computations.

scholarly journals Maximum likelihood estimation in location-scale families using varied L ranked set sampling

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amer Al-Omari
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimators ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Ranked Set Sampling ◽  
Sampling Schemes ◽  
Scale Parameters ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Family Of Distributions

Recently, a generalized ranked set sampling (RSS) scheme has been introduced which encompasses several existing RSS schemes, namely varied L RSS (VLRSS), and it provides more precise estimators of the population mean than the estimators with the traditional simple random sampling (SRS) and RSS schemes. In this paper, we extend the work and consider the maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) of the location and scale parameters when sampling from a location-scale family of distributions. In order to give more insight into the performance of VLRSS with respect to SRS and RSS schemes, the asymptotic relative precisions of the MLEs using VLRSS relative to that using SRS and RSS are compared for some usual location-scale distributions. It turns out that the MLEs with VLRSS are more precise than those with the existing sampling schemes.

Sequential Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the Parameter of the Linear Drift Term of the Rayleigh Diffusion Process

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Nenghui Kuang ◽  
Chunli Li ◽  
Huantian Xie
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Diffusion Process ◽  
Simulation Study ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Linear Drift ◽  
Drift Term ◽  
Strongly Consistent ◽  
Drift Parameter

AbstractIn this paper, we investigate the properties of a sequential maximum likelihood estimator of the unknown linear drift parameter for the Rayleigh diffusion process. The estimator is shown to be closed, unbiased, normally distributed and strongly consistent. Finally a simulation study is presented to illustrate the efficiency of the estimator.

scholarly journals Maximum likelihood estimation of the Latent Class Model through model boundary decomposition

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Allman ◽  
Hector Banos Cervantes ◽  
Serkan Hosten ◽  
Kaie Kubjas ◽  
Daniel Lemke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Em Algorithm ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Latent Class Model ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Likelihood Estimator ◽  
Class Model ◽  
Small Models

The Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm is routinely used for the maximum likelihood estimation in the latent class analysis. However, the EM algorithm comes with no guarantees of reaching the global optimum. We study the geometry of the latent class model in order to understand the behavior of the maximum likelihood estimator. In particular, we characterize the boundary stratification of the binary latent class model with a binary hidden variable. For small models, such as for three binary observed variables, we show that this stratification allows exact computation of the maximum likelihood estimator. In this case we use simulations to study the maximum likelihood estimation attraction basins of the various strata. Our theoretical study is complemented with a careful analysis of the EM fixed point ideal which provides an alternative method of studying the boundary stratification and maximizing the likelihood function. In particular, we compute the minimal primes of this ideal in the case of a binary latent class model with a binary or ternary hidden random variable.

scholarly journals On Properties of the Bimodal Skew-Normal Distribution and an Application

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 703
Author(s):  
David Elal-Olivero ◽  
Juan F. Olivares-Pacheco ◽  
Osvaldo Venegas ◽  
Heleno Bolfarine ◽  
Héctor W. Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Normal Distribution ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Skew Normal Distribution ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Normal Distributions ◽  
Stochastic Representations ◽  
Skew Normal

The main object of this paper is to develop an alternative construction for the bimodal skew-normal distribution. The construction is based upon a study of the mixture of skew-normal distributions. We study some basic properties of this family, its stochastic representations and expressions for its moments. Parameters are estimated using the maximum likelihood estimation method. A simulation study is carried out to observe the performance of the maximum likelihood estimators. Finally, we compare the efficiency of the new distribution with other distributions in the literature using a real data set. The study shows that the proposed approach presents satisfactory results.

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