Objective Bayesian analysis for the generalized exponential distribution

Abstract

In this paper, we consider objective Bayesian inference of the generalized exponential distribution using the independence Jeffreys prior and validate the propriety of the posterior distribution under a family of structured priors. We propose an efficient sampling algorithm via the generalized ratio-of-uniforms method to draw samples for making posterior inference. We carry out simulation studies to assess the finite-sample performance of the proposed Bayesian approach. Finally, a real-data application is provided for illustrative purposes.