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Table 3 Summary statistics for the MLEs of θ,γ and τ under Case 3: all parameters are unknown

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

3.2041×10−01

4.3806×10−01

5.41×10−01

50.1

 

100

5.8064×10−02

1.7228×10−02

2.06×10−02

12.4

(1, 2.1, 4)

10

−1.0850×10−03

4.3741×10−01

4.37×10−01

31.5

 

100

−3.3220×10−02

1.8676×10−02

1.98×10−02

6.6

(1, 2.1, 4)

10

8.0234

1.2209×1003

1.29×1002

290.6

 

100

−1.7590×10−01

1.5449

1.58

32.5

(5, 2.1, 0.5)

10

1.0691×10−01

3.6471×10−01

3.76×10−01

11.8

 

100

4.4063×10−02

1.1865×10−02

1.38×10−02

2.2

(5, 2.1, 0.5)

10

1.3436×10−01

1.9815

2.00

63

 

100

−5.8553×10−02

5.0993×10−02

5.44×10−02

11.1

(5, 2.1, 0.5)

10

7.9145

7.9433×1002

8.57×1002

334.9

 

100

−2.3851×10−02

2.5798×10−02

2.64×10−02

33.7

(0.01, 2, 1)

10

6.2834×10−02

7.2434×10−03

1.1191×10−02

116.9

 

100

6.3975×10−03

9.8491×10−05

1.39×10−04

60.5

(0.01, 2, 1)

10

−6.0908×10−02

1.5017×10−01

1.54×10−01

20

 

100

−2.3752×10−02

7.3364×10−03

7.90×10−03

4.3

(0.01, 2, 1)

10

−1.0817×10−01

2.1851×10−01

2.30×10−01

52.4

 

100

−2.4058×10−02

1.1661×10−02

1.22×10−02

11.1

  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