Date of Award
1988
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Information Systems and Decision Sciences (Business Administration)
First Advisor
Helmut Schneider
Abstract
The computation of the renewal function when the distribution function is completely known has received much attention in the literature. However, in many cases the form of the distribution function is unknown and has to be estimated nonparametrically. Several nonparametric estimators for the renewal function for complete data were suggested by Frees (1986) and Schneider et al. (1988). In many cases, however, censoring of the lifetime might occur. In this study, estimators of the renewal function based on randomly censored data is discussed. We introduce nonparametric estimators of the renewal function and show that the estimators compare well with a parametric estimator. Also, different lifetime distributions with different hazard rates and various censoring distributions were considered in a simulation study.
Recommended Citation
Lin, Binshan, "Estimation of the Renewal Function." (1988). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 4656.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/4656
Pages
94
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.4656