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Roxana Ciumara and Miruna Beldiman: Estimation of the Mean Time to Failure relative to a Class of Loss Functions, p. 305-315

Abstract:

In this paper we consider the estimation of the mean time to failure using a weighted loss function that reflects fit and precision of estimation. The weighted loss function we propose here is an extension of weighted balanced loss function used in Rodrigues and Zellner [7] and a special case of the one used in Chung et al [1]. As in the previously mentioned article, we will prove that optimal point estimates relative to our weighted loss function are linear combination between Bayesian and non-Bayesian estimates. Examples based on non-informative and informative priors for evaluating posterior expected loss associated to alternative estimates are given. The results obtained generalize the results from Ciumara et al. [3].

Key Words: Weighted balanced loss function, optimal estimates, Bayesian estimates, informative and non-informative priors.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 62C10.

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