Restricted optimal progressive censoring.

Unlike traditional Type I and II censoring, progressive censoring allows for removal of surviving units throughout the life test. This feature has several benefits and in the literature, much work has been done on inference based on progressively censored samples and identifying optimal progressive censoring schemes. In this paper, we introduce restricted progressive censoring and within this class, the problem of identifying optimal schemes under different minimum variance criteria. We explore these plans geometrically as well as provide some useful properties. In particular, we look at the vertices of the set of admissible plans and their role in approximating optimal plans. We also provide computational results for illustrative purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]