Int. Journal of Math. Analysis, Vol. 4, 2010, no. 29, 1417 - 1431 Classical and Bayesian Estimations on the Generalized Exponential Distribution Using Censored Data Masoud Yarmohammadi Payame Noor University of Tehran, Iran masyar@pnu.ac.ir Hassan Pazira Payame Noor University of Tehran, Iran Pazira.b@gmail.com Abstract In this paper, we obtain Bayesian and non-Bayesian estimators for the shape parameter, reliability and failure rate functions of the Generalized-Exponential distribution in the case of complete and type-II censored samples. The Bayes estimators are obtained using symmetric and asymmetric loss functions. Comparisons are made between these estimators using Monte-Carlo simulation study. Keywords: Generalized-Exponential; Bayesian estimation; Maximum Likelihood function; LINEX loss function; Precautionary loss function; Reliability; Failure rate; Type-II censoring data; simulation