<Para ID="Par1">In this paper, two-sided simultaneous confidence intervals, on the lines of Hayter et al. (J Stat Plan Inference 86:81–99, <CitationRef CitationID="CR6">2000</CitationRef>), to compare <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$k$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <mi>k</mi> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation> two-parameter exponential populations with a control population in terms of location parameters are proposed, which combine the advantages...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></citationref></para>