Inference for the Johnson SB distribution

Abstract

This article develops inferential procedures for the Johnson SB distribution and the associated stress-strength model. The maximum likelihood estimators, uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimators and generalized confidence intervals for the parameters of the Johnson SB distribution are presented. The objective Bayesian inference methods based on the Jeffreys and reference priors are derived. Moreover, the generalized confidence lower limits and Bayesian credible lower limits for the reliability of the stress-strength model are provided. The performance of the proposed methods is evaluated by Monte Carlo simulation. Finally, an example is used to illustrate the proposed procedures.