Exact Likelihood Inference for an Exponential Parameter under Generalized Adaptive Progressive Hybrid Censoring

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new type censoring scheme named a generalized adaptive progressive hybrid censoring scheme (GenAdPrHyCS). In this new type censoring scheme, the experiment is assured to stop at a pre-assigned time. This censoring scheme is designed to correct the drawbacks in the AdPrHyCS. Furthermore, we discuss inference for one parameter exponential distribution (ExD) under GenAdPrHyCS. We derive the moment generating function of the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of scale parameter of ExD and the resulting lower confidence bound under GenAdPrHyCS.

Keywords

• adaptive progressive hybrid censoring
• exact likelihood inference
• generalized adaptive progressive hybrid censoring scheme
• moment generating function