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An estimator for the parameters of concentrations of two-component mixtures with censored data


Author: A. Yu. Rizhov
Translated by: N. Semenov
Journal: Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 76 (2008), 169-179
MSC (2000): Primary 62N01; Secondary 62F12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0094-9000-08-00741-2
Published electronically: July 17, 2008
MathSciNet review: 2368749
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Abstract: We consider a model of two-component mixtures with varying concentrations for the case of censored data. We find estimates for the concentrations of components and prove that the estimators are strongly consistent and asymptotically normal.


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A. Yu. Rizhov
Affiliation: Department of General Mathematics, Faculty for Mechanics and Mathematics, National Taras Shevchenko University, Academician Glushkov Avenue 6, Kyiv 03127, Ukraine
MR Author ID: 751027
ORCID: 0000-0003-4099-0742
Email: ryzhov@univ.kiev.ua

Keywords: Mixtures with varying concentrations, censoring, Kaplan–Meier estimator
Received by editor(s): February 15, 2006
Published electronically: July 17, 2008
Article copyright: © Copyright 2008 American Mathematical Society