Numerous robust estimators exist as alternatives to the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) when a completely observed ground-up loss severity sample dataset is available. However, the options for robust alternatives to a MLE become significantly limited when dealing with grouped loss severity...

The model of adaptive progressive Type-II censoring introduced by Ng et al. (2009)(referred to as Ng–Kundu–Chan model) is extended to allow switching from a given initial censoring plan ℛ to any arbitrary given plan 𝒮 of the same length. In this generalized model, the joint distribution...

In this paper, we studied estimators based on an interval shrinkage with equal weights point shrinkage estimators for all individual target points ¯θ ∈ (θ0,θ1) for exponentially distributed observations in the presence of outliers drawn from a uniform distribution. Estimators...

The study describes the general concept of the XLindley distribution. Forms of density and hazard rate functions are investigated. Moreover, precise formulations for several numerical properties of distributions are derived. Extreme order statistics are established using stochastic ordering, the...