Maximum smoothed likelihood estimation and smoothed maximum likelihood estimation in the current status model
现状观测模型中的最大平滑似然估计与平滑最大似然估计
We consider the problem of estimating the distribution function, the density and the hazard rate of the (unobservable) event time in the current status model. A well studied and natural nonparametric estimator for the distribution function in this model is the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator (MLE). We study two alternative methods for the estimation of the distribution function, assuming some smoothness of the event time distribution. The first estimator is based…