Journal Article Gompertz distribution Monte Carlo simulation 60E05 62N01 62N02 62N03 Balanced joint progressive Type-II censoring scheme Bayes estimates Bayesian estimation Bootstrap method Dependent competing risks Exponential distribution Exponentiated Rayleigh distribution Gamma-Dirichlet Gamma–Dirichlet prior Lomax distribution Maximum likelihood estimation Metropolis-Hastings algorithm adaptive progressively type-II censoring adaptive type II progressive hybrid censored data bivariate exponential distribution conforming rate constant-stress partially accelerated life tests expectation-maximization and stochastic expectation-maximization algorithm general progressive Type-II censoring goodness-of-fit lifetime performance index maximum likelihood estimator maximum likelihood estimators