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Using the idea of maximum likelihood, we derive an estimator for a distribution function possessing an increasing (decreasing) failure rate and also obtain corresponding estimators for the density and the failure rate. We show that these estimators are consistent.
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Marshall et al. (1965) studied this question.
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