Interval estimation of the overlapping coefficients in an exponential family of distributions based on upper record values

Abstract

This paper investigates interval estimation for measures of overlap, namely Matusita's measure, Weitzman's measure and based on Kullback–Leibler. Two types of sampling procedures, namely, Simple Random Sample and Upper Record Values from two exponential populations. Bootstrap method series approximation is used to construct confidence intervals for the overlap measures. To illustrate the performance of the likelihood confidence intervals obtained for this overlapping coefficient, under our proposal, we carry out some simulation studies that yield adequate coverage frequencies, this study conducts for comparing the performances of various competing estimators. A real data set is analysed to exemplify our proposal.

Keywords:

• Overlapping coefficient
• record values
• MLE
• exponential family

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