Fixed width confidence interval for the parameter of U (aθ, bθ) distribution

Author(s):  
V.N. Kadam ◽  
H.S. Patil
Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2084
Author(s):  
Ali Yousef ◽  
Ayman A. Amin ◽  
Emad E. Hassan ◽  
Hosny I. Hamdy

In this paper we discuss the multistage sequential estimation of the variance of the Rayleigh distribution using the three-stage procedure that was presented by Hall (Ann. Stat. 9(6):1229–1238, 1981). Since the Rayleigh distribution variance is a linear function of the distribution scale parameter’s square, it suffices to estimate the Rayleigh distribution’s scale parameter’s square. We tackle two estimation problems: first, the minimum risk point estimation problem under a squared-error loss function plus linear sampling cost, and the second is a fixed-width confidence interval estimation, using a unified optimal stopping rule. Such an estimation cannot be performed using fixed-width classical procedures due to the non-existence of a fixed sample size that simultaneously achieves both estimation problems. We find all the asymptotic results that enhanced finding the three-stage regret as well as the three-stage fixed-width confidence interval for the desired parameter. The procedure attains asymptotic second-order efficiency and asymptotic consistency. A series of Monte Carlo simulations were conducted to study the procedure’s performance as the optimal sample size increases. We found that the simulation results agree with the asymptotic results.


1986 ◽  
Vol 35 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malay Ghosh ◽  
Dennis Wackerly

A sequential fixed-width confidence interval for the location parameter of a Pareto distribution with unknown shape parameter is developed. The procedure Is shown to be asymptotically consistent and asymptotically efficient in the sense of Chow and Robbins (1965).


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