A density power divergence measure to discriminate between generalized exponential and Weibull distributions

Suparna Basu () and Hon Keung Tony Ng
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Suparna Basu: M.M.V, Banaras Hindu University
Hon Keung Tony Ng: Bentley University

Statistical Papers, 2025, vol. 66, issue 1, No 6, 25 pages

Abstract: Abstract Discriminating two similar candidate statistical models for a given data set based on the conventional ratio of maximized likelihood values has been studied extensively in the literature. The problem of model discrimination becomes more complicated when the candidate models resemble each other closely for a certain region in the parametric space, with only a handful of different characteristics that are difficult to extract or identify from a given data set. The conventional method may fail to provide conclusive discriminatory evidence toward either model for such cases. In this paper, a novel discrimination criterion based on the density power divergence is proposed for model discrimination between the generalized exponential distribution and the Weibull distribution. Along with the discriminating procedure, asymptotic properties of the associated discriminating statistic are discussed. A Monte Carlo simulation study is used to evaluate the performance of the proposed model discrimination method and compare it with the ratio of the maximized likelihood method under different scenarios with and without contamination. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the proposed model discrimination method developed here.

Keywords: Asymptotic distribution; Contamination model; Minimum density power divergence estimation; Ratio of maximized likelihood; 62Cxx; 62Fxx (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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