possesed of a significant degree of complexity. This note will propose an alternative approach to estimation of this model … based on the method of simulated maximum likelihood estimation as opposed to the received attempts which have approached the …

also discussed in relevant literature. The natural estimation method seems to be Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation because … estimation approaches for both the half-normal and the exponential approach to inefficiency. Based on the simulation results we … obtain decision rules for the choice of the superior estimation approach. Both estimation methods, ML and MOM, are applied to …