Research Article

Bayesian Perspective on Random Censored Survival Data

Table 2

Average mean squared errors and absolute bias for .


25ML0.074937  (0.196749)0.210881  (0.317231)0.969396 (0.631983)

Lindley BS0.074946 (0.196841)0.210886 (0.317302)0.969470 (0.632254)
BL 0.083694 (0.199075)0.274929 (0.329363)0.942216 (0.639469)
BL 0.088910 (0.207179)0.222206   (0.311704) 0.908126 (0.618789)

T & K BS0.090567 (0.198705)0.230426 (0.333524)0.936865 (0.634128)
BL 0.075149   (0.188331) 0.245118 (0.335657)0.944325 (0.639520)
BL 0.087542 (0.201015)0.217948 (0.323301)0.938991 (0.635110)

50ML0.026631 (0.121009)0.076945 (0.204643)0.276000 (0.375176)

Lindley BS0.026631 (0.121018)0.076950 (0.204715)0.280979 (0.377409)
BL 0.028234 (0.125414)0.086934 (0.217802)0.297106 (0.403637)
BL 0.034478 (0.132509)0.079751 (0.210635)0.289681 (0.387573)

T & K BS0.028420 (0.127050)0.077981 (0.207406)0.276088 (0.382376)
BL 0.028553 (0.125712)0.073419 (0.206062)0.290441 (0.399910)
BL 0.026399 (0.120282)0.068112 (0.195011)0.278232 (0.379734)

100ML0.011790 (0.083599)0.031119 (0.137169)0.106223 (0.250598)

Lindley BS0.011825 (0.083787)0.031133 (0.137289)0.106233 (0.250603)
BL 0.010882 (0.081341) 0.029755 (0.134297)0.109028 (0.255089)
BL 0.012339 (0.085559)0.032030 (0.138596)0.111296 (0.259628)

T & K BS0.011880 (0.084372)0.030722 (0.135511)0.115963 (0.258207)
BL 0.011434   (0.081271) 0.031457 (0.134959)0.108760 (0.251214)
BL 0.011318 (0.083157)0.029563  (0.132158)0.112661 (0.253481)

ML: maximum likelihood, BL: LINEX loss function, BS: squared error loss function.