POINT ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS IN DISCRETE BURR DISTRIBUTION BASED ON TYPE

Abstract

In this study, maximum likelihood, proportion and modiŞed maximum likelihood estimators ofdiscrete Burr distribution parameters based on Type I censored sample are obtained. Monte Carlo simulationstudy is performed to compare these estimators in terms of their biases and mean squared errors. A numericalexample is also provided

Keywords

• Discrete Burr distribution, Maximum likelihood, ModiŞed maximum likelihood, Monte Carlosimulation, Proportion method

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