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A simple unbiased estimator is proposed for the location parameter of the extreme-value distribution. This estimator is shown to have high eficiency, especially when heavy censoring is used. A simple estimator of reliability, when failure times follow the Weibull distribution, is also obtained, and it is shown to have high asymptotic efficiency when heavy censoring is employed.
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Engelhardt et al. (1974) studied this question.
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