Research Article

Estimation in Step-Stress Accelerated Life Tests for Power Generalized Weibull Distribution with Progressive Censoring

Table 6

Approximate CIs, bootstrap CIs, and their lengths of the parameters , , and with true values , , , and .

C.SCIsLengths of CIs
Approx. CIBoot CIApprox. CIBoot CI
Approx. CIBoot CIApprox. CIBoot CI
Approx. CIBoot CIApprox. CIBoot CI

159(0.1489, 0.7336)(0.2118, 0.7733)0.58470.5615
(0.3260, 1.4214)(0.4495, 1.4362)1.09540.9867
(0.264, 3.4898)(0.4590, 2.5987)3.22572.1397
(0.1980, 0.7669)(0.2279, 0.7145)0.56890.4865
(0.3777, 1.3116)(0.4370, 1.4153)0.93380.9783
(0.1832, 3.1164)(0.3830, 2.5063)2.93322.1233
(0.1535, 0.7461)(0.2099, 0.7724)0.59260.5625
(0.3293, 1.3863)(0.4247, 1.4169)1.05690.9922
(0.0386, 3.3041)(0.4703, 2.5948)3.26542.1245

1512(0.2115, 0.7131)(0.2333, 0.6369)0.50160.4036
(0.3766, 1.3059)(0.4388, 1.3854)0.92930.9466
(0.3775, 3.2869)(0.3155, 2.4013)2.90942.0858
(0.2342, 0.7623)(0.2449, 0.7071)0.52810.4621
(0.4032, 1.2425)(0.4430, 1.2969)0.83920.8539
(0.1291, 2.8591)(0.2441, 2.3952)2.73002.1511
(0.2151, 0.7266)(0.2543, 0.6699)0.51140.4156
(0.3851, 1.2612)(0.4455, 1.3172)0.87600.8717
(0.1255, 3.0455)(0.3474, 2.4387)2.92002.0913

2515(0.2230, 0.6928)(0.2898, 0.6862)0.46980.3964
(0.4230, 1.1528)(0.4555, 1.1792)0.72970.7237
(0.1757, 3.0817)(0.4616, 2.3486)2.90601.8870
(0.2527, 0.7250)(0.2686, 0.6988)0.47230.4302
(0.4091, 1.1189)(0.4626, 1.1053)0.70970.6426
(0.0479, 2.9299)(0.2599, 2.1087)2.88201.8487
(0.1888, 0.6847)(0.2194, 0.6154)0.49580.3959
(0.3968, 1.1823)(0.4807, 1.1153)0.78550.6346
(0.2021, 3.1165)(0.4966, 2.3013)2.91441.8047

2520(0.2600, 0.6728)(0.2147, 0.5963)0.41270.3816
(0.4214, 1.0669)(0.4724, 1.1021)0.64530.6297
(0.1008, 2.9044)(0.3237, 2.1261)2.80361.8024
(0.2608, 0.7478)(0.3169, 0.7102)0.43970.3933
(0.3996, 1.0844)(0.4630, 0.9758)0.68480.5128
(0.1159, 2.9285)(0.2506, 2.0141)2.81261.7635
(0.2594, 0.6774)(0.2583, 0.5887)0.41790.3304
(0.4163, 1.0889)(0.4536, 1.0658)0.67250.6122
(0.0042, 2.8281)(0.3537, 2.1345)2.82391.7808

5030(0.2610, 0.5761)(0.2786, 0.5769)0.31500.2983
(0.4734, 1.0151)(0.5172, 0.9153)0.54160.3975
(0.2034, 2.8585)(0.5499, 2.1088)2.65511.5589
(0.3237, 0.6703)(0.2911, 0.6692)0.34660.3781
(0.5008, 0.9729)(0.4921, 0.9025)0.47200.4104
(0.0618, 2.5685)(0.3297, 1.8263)2.50671.4966
(0.2618, 0.6395)(0.2505, 0.5731)0.37760.3226
(0.4788, 0.9783)(0.4916, 0.9183)0.49940.4267
(0.6496, 2.8057)(0.6503, 2.1589)2.15611.5086

5040(0.3095, 0.6117)(0.2989, 0.5957)0.30220.2968
(0.4879, 0.9541)(0.5116, 0.8263)0.46610.3147
(0.0836, 2.5993)(0.3424, 1.8137)2.51571.4713
(0.2968, 0.6066)(0.3149, 0.6073)0.30980.2924
(0.4553, 0.9823)(0.4654, 0.7823)0.44540.3169
(0.1055, 2.6416)(0.2577, 1.7017)2.53601.4440
(0.3029, 0.6053)(0.3011, 0.5858)0.30240.2847
(0.4754, 0.9730)(0.5081, 0.9101)0.49760.4020
(0.0170, 2.7283)(0.3498, 1.7981)2.71121.4483