TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dikta, Gerhard
T1  - Asymptotically efficient estimation under semi-parametric random censorship models
JF  - Journal of multivariate analysis
N2  - We study the estimation of some linear functionals which are based on an unknown lifetime distribution. The observations are assumed to be generated under the semi-parametric random censorship model (SRCM), that is, a random censorship model where the conditional expectation of the censoring indicator given the observation belongs to a parametric family. Under this setup a semi-parametric estimator of the survival function was introduced by the author. If the parametric model assumption is correct, it is known that the estimated functional which is based on this semi-parametric estimator is asymptotically at least as efficient as the corresponding one which rests on the nonparametric Kaplan–Meier estimator.

In this paper we show that the estimated functional which is based on this semi-parametric estimator is asymptotically efficient with respect to the class of all regular estimators under this semi-parametric model.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2013.10.002
SN  - 1095-7243 (E-Journal); 0047-259X (Print)
VL  - 124
SP  - 10
EP  - 24
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -