Existence and uniqueness of the MLEs for normal distribution based on general progressively Type-II censored samples

N. Balakrishnan and Jie Mi

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2003, vol. 64, issue 4, 407-414

Abstract: In this paper, we prove that the MLEs of the parameters [mu] and [sigma] of a normal population, based on general progressively Type-II censored samples, exist and are unique.

Keywords: Log-concavity; Location-scale; family; Normal; distribution; Progressively; Type-II; censored; samples; Hessian; matrix; Negative; definite; matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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