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

Author(s): A. Yu. Rizhov
Translated by: N. Semenov
Original publication: Teoriya Imovirnostei ta Matematichna Statistika, vipusk 76 (2007).
Journal: Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. No. 76 (2008), 169-179.
MSC (2000): Primary 62N01; Secondary 62F12
Posted: July 17, 2008
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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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Additional Information:

A. Yu. Rizhov
Affiliation: Department of General Mathematics, Faculty for Mechanics and Mathematics, National Taras Shevchenko University, Academician Glushkov Avenue 6, Kyiv 03127, Ukraine
Email: ryzhov@univ.kiev.ua

DOI: 10.1090/S0094-9000-08-00741-2
PII: S 0094-9000(08)00741-2
Keywords: Mixtures with varying concentrations, censoring, Kaplan--Meier estimator
Received by editor(s): 15/FEB/2006
Posted: July 17, 2008
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society


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