Abstract: The present paper deals with the maximum likelihood and Bayes estimation procedure for the shape and scale parameter of Poisson-exponential distribution for complete sample. Bayes estimators under symmetric and asymmetric loss function are obtained using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique. Performances of the proposed Bayes estimators have been studied and compared with their maximum likelihood estimators on the basis of Monte Carlo study of simulated samples in terms of their risks. The methodology is also illustrated on a real data set.
Abstract: : In this paper, we discussed classical and Bayes estimation procedures for estimating the unknown parameters as well as the reliability and hazard functions of the flexible Weibull distribution when observed data are collected under progressively Type-II censoring scheme. The performances of the maximum likelihood and Bayes estimators are compared in terms of their mean squared errors through the simulation study. For the computation of Bayes estimates, we proposed the use of Lindley’s approximation and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques since the posteriors of the parameters are not analytically tractable. Further, we also derived the one and two sample posterior predictive densities of future samples and obtained the predictive bounds for future observations using MCMC techniques. To illustrate the discussed procedures, a set of real data is analysed.