Galoitica: Journal of Mathematical Structures and Applications
Journal DOI
2834-5568ISSN (Online)
Volume 4 , Issue 1 , PP: 26-28, 2023 | Cite this article as | XML | Html | PDF | Full Length Article
Ahmad Khaldi 1 * , Ammar Rawashdeh 2
Doi: https://doi.org/10.54216/GJMSA.040104
A variety of shrinkage methods for estimating unknown parameters has been considered. We derive and compare the shrinkage estimators for the reliability function of the two-parameter exponential distribution. Simulation experiments are used to study the performances of these estimators.
Shrinkage Estimators , Reliability Function , Variance Properties
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