Abstract

In this paper, exponentiated inverse Rayleigh distribution is considered for Bayesian analysis. The expressions for Bayes estimators of the parameter have been derived under squared error, precautionary, entropy, K-loss, and Al-Bayyati’s loss functions by using quasi and gamma priors.

Keywords

  • Bayesian method
  • exponentiated inverse Rayleigh distribution
  • quasi and gamma priors
  • squared error
  • precautionary
  • entropy
  • K-loss
  • and Al-Bayyati’s loss functions

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