A note on inference for P(X  <  Y) for right truncated exponentially distributed data

In this paper, a likelihood based analysis is developed and applied to obtain confidence intervals and p values for the stress-strength reliability R  =  P(X  <  Y) with right truncated exponentially distributed data. The proposed method is based on theory given in Fraser et al. (Biometrika 86:249–264, 1999) which involves implicit but appropriate conditioning and marginalization. Monte Carlo simulations are used to illustrate the accuracy of the proposed method.

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