Estimation of normal mean vector has broad applications such as small area estimation, estimation of nonparametric functions and estimation of wavelet coefficients. In this paper, we propose a new shrinkage estimator based on conditional maximum likelihood estimator incorporating with Stein’s...

In this paper, and based on records of a sequence of iid random variables from the generalized exponential distribution, we consider the problem of the existence of the maximum likelihood estimates of the shape and scale parameters. Existence and uniqueness of the MLE’s are proved. Different...

We point out an error in the proof of the main result of the paper of Tanabe et al. (Comput Stat 22:145–157, <CitationRef CitationID="CR7">2007</CitationRef>) concerning a parameter estimation for von Mises–Fisher distributions, we correct the proof of the main result and we present a short alternative proof. Copyright Springer-Verlag...</citationref>

In the article the length of unemployment in the Czech Republic is treated. A nonparametric estimate of its survival function is constructed using maximum likelihood estimation for the groups of men and women and both groups are compared. The positive influence of education on the length of...