In this article, we are concerned with the E-Bayesian (the expectation of Bayesian estimate) method, the maximum likelihood and the Bayesian estimation methods of the shape parameter, and the reliability function of one-parameter Burr-X distribution. A hybrid generalized Type-II censored sample from one-parameter Burr-X distribution is considered. The Bayesian and E-Bayesian approaches are studied under squared error and LINEX loss functions by using the Markov chain Monte Carlo method. Confidence intervals for maximum likelihood estimates, as well as credible intervals for the E-Bayesian and Bayesian estimates, are constructed. Furthermore, an example of real-life data is presented for the sake of the illustration. Finally, the performance of the E-Bayesian estimation method is studied then compared with the performance of the Bayesian and maximum likelihood methods.Generalized Type-II HCS: Fix r ∈ {1, 2, · · · , n} and T 1 ,The experiment is terminated at T 1 , if r-th failure occurs before T 1 . When the r-th failure occurs between T 1 and T 2 , we terminate at Y r:n . In the third case, if r-th failure is observed after time T 2 , the experiment is terminated at T 2 . This scheme has been studied by many authors, such as [3], who presented details on censoring scheme developments in addition to generalized and unified HCS. Ref. [4] discussed Bayesian analysis and prediction based on generalized Type-II HCS for exponential and Pareto models. Ref.[5] studied maximum likelihood, Bayes and percentile bootstrap methods for unknown parameters, failure rate function, the survival function and the coefficient of variation of the exponential Rayleigh distribution with generalized Type-II HCS.Here, generalized Type-II HCS is considered. We observe one of these types of the censored data. Case 1:In this case, the r-th failure is obtained before T 1 , so the experiment is stopped at T 1 and d 1 number of failures is obtained at time T 1 .Case 2:In this case, the r-th failure occurs after T 1 , so the experiment is terminated at Y r:n , and r number of failures is obtained.Case 3:In this case, the r-th failure occurs after T 2 , so the experiment is ended at T 2 and d 2 number of failures is obtained at time T 2 . where T 1 and T 2 are time points determined by the experimenter according to how the experiment should continue based on the information about the product.
Burr-X as a Lifetime ModelBurr-X model is part of Burr distribution family suggested by [6]. This distribution is important in many fields such as operations research and statistics. It is widely used in health, agriculture, and biology. For more details on the applications of this model, one can refer to [7], as they discussed the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of Burr-X distribution with the cumulative damage process and the shock model. Also, they assumed a mathematical model for the expected lifetime of AIDS patients, then fitted the observed data of infected persons for Burr-X distribution. The probability density function (PDF) of one-parameter...