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Bayesian estimation of the tail index of a heavy tailed distribution under random censoring

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  • Ameraoui, Abdelkader
  • Boukhetala, Kamal
  • Dupuy, Jean-François

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Bayesian estimation of the tail index of a heavy-tailed distribution is addressed when data are randomly right-censored. Maximum a posteriori and mean posterior estimators are constructed for various prior distributions of the tail index. Convergence of the posterior distribution of the tail index to a Gaussian distribution is established. Finite-sample properties of the proposed estimators are investigated via simulations. Tail index estimation requires selecting an appropriate threshold for constructing relative excesses. A Monte Carlo procedure is proposed for tackling this issue. Finally, the proposed estimators are illustrated on a medical dataset.

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  • Ameraoui, Abdelkader & Boukhetala, Kamal & Dupuy, Jean-François, 2016. "Bayesian estimation of the tail index of a heavy tailed distribution under random censoring," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 148-168.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:csdana:v:104:y:2016:i:c:p:148-168
    DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2016.06.009
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