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Table 2 Summary statistics for the MLEs of γ and τ under Case 2: θ is known

From: The linearly decreasing stress Weibull (LDSWeibull): a new Weibull-like distribution

True values

Sample size

MLE summary statistics

(θ0,γ0,τ0)

n

Bias

Variance

MSE

CV (%)

(1, 2.1, 4)

10

2.3542×10−01

2.3323×10−01

2.89×10−01

20.7

 

100

5.8590×10−03

1.0389×10−02

1.04×10−02

4.8

(1, 2.1, 4)

10

7.1172

3.0262×1004

3.03×1004

494.8

 

100

9.7368×10−02

7.7996×10−01

7.89×10−01

21.6

(5, 2.1, 0.5)

10

3.3009×10−01

4.5556×10−01

5.65×10−01

27.8

 

100

8.6870×10−03

2.0057×10−03

2.08×10−03

6.7

(5, 2.1, 0.5)

10

2.8176×10−01

1.4363

1.52

153.3

 

100

5.3589×10−03

6.2479×10−03

6.28×10−03

15.6

(0.01, 2, 1)

10

1.7786×10−01

1.3863×10−01

1.70×10−01

17.1

 

100

4.3410×10−03

6.1919×10−03

6.21×10−03

3.9

(0.01, 2, 1)

10

8.0762×10−02

2.6575×10−01

2.72×10−01

47.7

 

100

−5.4320×10−03

1.1486×10−02

1.15×10−02

10.7

  1. In each row the summary statistics pertain to the parameter shown in bold, and are empirically determined from 1000 simulated realizations. The CV value is the coefficient of variation expressed as a percentage