期刊名称:Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications (JSTA)
电子版ISSN:1538-7887
出版年度:2016
卷号:15
期号:1
页码:98-109
DOI:10.2991/jsta.2016.15.1.8
语种:English
出版社:Atlantis Press
摘要:We investigate the parametric maximum likelihood estimator for truncated data when the truncation value is different according to the observed individual or item. We extend Lehmann’s proof (1983) of the asymptotic properties of the parametric maximum likelihood estimator in the case of independent nonidentically distributed observations. Two cases are considered: either the number of distinct probability distribution functions that can be observed in the population from which the sample comes from is finite or this number is infinite. Sufficient conditions for consistency and asymptotic normality are provided for both cases.