Nonparametrio bayes and empirical bayes estimation of the residual survival function at age t

Abstract

Nonparametric Bayes and empirical Bayes estimations of the

survival function of a unit of age t (> 0) using Dirichlet

process prior are presented. The proposed empirical Bayes

estimators are found to be “asymptotically optimal” in the sense of Robbins (1955). The performances of the proposed

empirical Bayes estimators are compared with those of certain

rival estimators in terms of relative savings loss, The exact

expressions for Bayes risks are also provided in certain cases.

Keywords:

• Dirichlct process prior
• Empirical Bayes stimator
• Bayes risk
• Relative savings loss