Statistical estimation for the parameters of Weibull distribution based on progressively type-I interval censored sample.

In this paper, the estimation of parameters based on a progressively type-I interval censored sample from a two-parameter Weibull distribution is studied. Different methods of estimation are discussed. They include the maximum likelihood estimation, method of moments, estimation based on Weibull probability plot, mid-point approximation method and one-step approximation method. The estimation procedures are discussed in details and compared via Monte Carlo simulations in terms of their biases and mean square errors. Some recommendations are made from the simulation results and a numerical example is presented to illustrate all of the methods of estimation developed here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]