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A Comparison of Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Estimators for the Three-Parameter Weibull Distribution

Richard Smith, +1 more
- 01 Nov 1987 - 
- Vol. 36, Iss: 3, pp 358-369
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In this article, maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimators are developed and compared for the three-parameter Weibull distribution, and the authors conclude that there are practical advantages to the Bayesian approach.
Abstract
Maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimators are developed and compared for the three‐parameter Weibull distribution. For the data analysed in the paper, the two sets of estimators are found to be very different. The reasons for this are explored, and ways of reducing the discrepancy, including reparametrization, are investigated. Our overall conclusion is that there are practical advantages to the Bayesian approach.

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Statistics of extremes

E. J. Gumbel
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Statistics of Extremes.

B. F. Kimball, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1961 - 
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Maximum likelihood estimation in a class of nonregular cases

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider maximum likelihood estimation of the parameters of a probability density which is zero for x 2, the information matrix is finite and the classical asymptotic properties continue to hold.
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Estimating Parameters in Continuous Univariate Distributions with a Shifted Origin

TL;DR: In this paper, a general method of estimating parameters in continuous univariate distributions is proposed, which is especially suited to cases where one of the parameters is an unknown shifted origin and is shown to give consistent estimators with asymptotic efficiency equal to ML estimators when these exist.
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