Approximate self consistency for middle-censored data

被引:18
作者
Jammalamadaka, SR [1 ]
Iyer, SK
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Stat & Appl Probabil, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Indian Inst Technol, Dept Math, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
关键词
middle censoring; self-consistent estimator; consistency; weak convergence;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-3758(03)00199-X
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 [统计学]; 070103 [概率论与数理统计]; 0714 [统计学];
摘要
Middle censoring refers to data that becomes unobservable if it falls within a random interval. The lifetime distribution of such data is defined via the self-consistency equation. We propose an approximation to this distribution function for which an estimator and its asymptotic properties are very easy to establish. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:75 / 86
页数:12
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