Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1151077 Statistical Methodology 2013 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

The maximum likelihood estimators of the Weibull distribution based on upper records are biased. Exact expressions are derived for constructing bias corrected MLEs. The performance of the bias corrected MLEs is compared with the MLEs by simulations and real data sets.

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Bias corrected MLEs for the Weibull distribution based on records
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