Approximate MLE for the generalized exponential distribution under progressive type - I interval censoring

Approximate MLE for the generalized exponential distribution under progressive type - I interval censoring

For the generalized exponential distribution (GE) the maximum likelihood method does not provide an explicit estimator for parameters under progressive type-I interval censoring. This paper provides two methods of driving explicit estimators by approximating the likelihood estimation. These estimate methods are applied to the real data set based on patients with plasma cell myeloma in order to demonstrate the applications.