On the estimation of the adjustment coefficient in risk theory via intermediate order statistics

Abstract A sequence of intermediate order statistics is proposed to estimate the adjustment coefficient in risk theory. The underlying r.v.’s may be viewed as maximum waiting times in busy cycles of GI⧸G⧸1 queueing models under light traffic. We prove strong consistency and study also rates of convergence. We give an example, and present simulation studies as well, for illustrating the behaviour of the proposed estimator.