Existence of Maximum Likelihood Estimates for Interval-Censored Data from Some Three-Parameter Models with a Shifted Origin
平移原点三参数模型中区间删失数据的最大似然估计存在性
SUMMARY Given data in the form of interval-censored observations from a three-parameter distribution, practical criteria are established for the existence of maximum likelihood estimates for three kinds of parameter space. These criteria can be derived by analysing the behaviour of the log-likelihood near a type of boundary of the parameter space, called the probability contents inner boundary. The effectiveness of the criteria is discussed. In the case where the underlying…