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Improved estimation of the smallest scale parameter of gamma distributions

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In this work improved point and interval estimation of the smallest scale parameter of independent gamma distributions with known shape parameters are studied in an integrated fashion. The approach followed is based on formulating the model in such a way that enables us to treat the estimation of the smallest scale parameter as a problem of estimating an unrestricted scale parameter in the presence of a nuisance parameter. The class of improved point and interval estimators is enriched. Within this class, a subclass of generalized Bayes estimators of a simple form is identified.

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Bobotas, P. Improved estimation of the smallest scale parameter of gamma distributions. J. Korean Stat. Soc. 48, 97–105 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jkss.2018.08.007

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