Title
Bayesian estimation on interval censored Lindley distribution using Lindley’s approximation
Abstract
Interval censored data commonly arise in engineering and biomedical sciences. The present study deals with Bayesian estimation of interval censored lifetime data while it is assumed that lifetimes follow Lindley distribution. Assuming Jeffrey’s and gamma prior distributions, Bayes estimator of the Lindley parameter has been constructed under symmetric, squared error loss and asymmetric, general entropy loss functions. In addition, Bayes estimators for mean life, reliability and hazard rate have also been constructed. Since posterior distribution can not be reduced to any standard distribution, Lindley’s approximation technique has been utilized for Bayesian computations. The performances of the Bayes estimators has been compared with corresponding maximum likelihood estimators on the basis of simulated samples. Real data sets from engineering and biomedical fields have been analysed for illustration purposes .
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/s13198-016-0528-x
International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Lindley distribution, Interval censored data, Maximum likelihood estimation, Bayes estimation, Lindley approximation
Journal
8
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0976-4348
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
7
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vikas Kumar Sharma173.99
Sanjay Kumar Singh233.10
Umesh Singh396.06
Khair Ul-Farhat410.37