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Smooth estimation of survival and MRL functions under mean residual life order

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Smooth estimation of survival and MRL functions under mean residual life order

Xu, Haipeng (2004) Smooth estimation of survival and MRL functions under mean residual life order. Masters thesis, Concordia University.

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Let X and Y be two random variables denoting life times having finite means. Let, S 1 , S 2 and M 1 , M 2 denote their survival and MRL functions, respectively. X is said to be smaller than Y in mean residual life order, if and only if [Special characters omitted.] In this thesis smooth estimators for the survival and MRL functions under the above ordering are studied. Nonparametric method given by Hu et al. (2002) has shown good properties, but it is not smooth enough, when the true function is continuous. Chaubey and Sen (1996) have proposed a new approach to smooth survival and density function in stead of the popular kernel method. Following their approach, we introduce two methods for smooth estimation of a survival function based on the two criteria of mean residual life ordering. The strong uniform consistency of the estimators has also been shown here. Numerical studies based on simulation indicate both smooth estimators to be superior to the estimator due to Hu et al. (2002) in terms of bias and MSE in majority of cases.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Mathematics and Statistics
Item Type:Thesis (Masters)
Authors:Xu, Haipeng
Pagination:vii, 43 leaves ; 29 cm.
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M. Sc.
Program:Mathematics
Date:2004
Thesis Supervisor(s):Chaubey, Y. P
Identification Number:QA 276 X8 2004
ID Code:8108
Deposited By: Concordia University Library
Deposited On:18 Aug 2011 18:15
Last Modified:13 Jul 2020 20:03
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