Bayesian Analysis of Rayleigh Survival Model
by
Ram Lal
Allahabad Agricultural Intitute, Deemed University, Allahabad, India
Coauthors: Rajesh K. Gupta, Planning Commission, Lucknow, India

In this paper, Bayesian survival analysis based on ordered observations from Rayleigh survival model is considered for a situation wherein the first death occus at a very early stage and is suspected to be an outlier. The so called S.B. model for outliers is considered and the Bayes estimators of the hazard rate, the mean survival time and the survival function are obtained under the assumptions of the squared error loss function and suitable prior densities on the underlying parameter space.

Date received: October 15, 2004