Table 2.

Prior distributions for ABC in the simulation studies

Distribution	Parameter 1	Prior for parameter 1	Parameter 2	Prior for parameter 2
Normal (S1)	μ	Uniform (Xmin, Xmax)	σ	Uniform(0,50)
Normal (S2)	μ	Uniform (XQ1, XQ3)	σ	Uniform(0,50)
Normal (S3)	μ	Uniform (XQ1, XQ3)	σ	Uniform(0,50)
Log-normal (S1)	μ	Uniform (log(Xmin), log(Xmax))	σ	Uniform(0,10)
Log-normal (S2)	μ	Uniform (log(XQ1), log(XQ3))	σ	Uniform(0,10)
Log-normal (S3)	μ	Uniform (log(XQ1), log(XQ3))	σ	Uniform(0,10)
Exponential	λ	Uniform(0,40)	-	-
Beta	α	Uniform(0,40)	β	Uniform(0,40)
Weibull	λ	Uniform(0,50)	κ	Uniform(0,50)