Simple robust parameter estimation for the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2015
Abstract
© 2015, Wang et al. We study the problem of robust estimation for the two-parameter Birnbaum-Saunders distribution. It is well known that the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) is efficient when the underlying model is true but at the same time it is quite sensitive to data contamination that is often encountered in practice. In this paper, we propose several estimators which have simple closed forms and are also robust to data contamination. We study the breakdown points and asymptotic properties of the proposed estimators. These estimators are then applied to both simulated and real datasets. Numerical results show that the proposed estimators are attractive alternative to the MLE in that they are quite robust to data contamination and also highly efficient when the underlying model is true.
Publication Title
Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications
Recommended Citation
Wang, M.,
Park, C.,
&
Sun, X.
(2015).
Simple robust parameter estimation for the Birnbaum-Saunders distribution.
Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications,
2(1).
http://doi.org/10.1186/s40488-015-0038-4
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