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Generalized linear failure rate power series distribution

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  • S. Shams Harandi
  • M. H. Alamatsaz

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In this article, we introduce a new class of lifetime distributions. This new class includes several previously known distributions such as those of Chahkandi and Ganjali (2009), Mahmoudi and Jafari (2012), and Nadarajah et al. (2012). This new class of four-parameter distributions allows for flexible failure rate behavior. Indeed, the failure rate function here can be increasing, decreasing, bathtub-shaped or upside-down bathtub-shaped. Several distributional properties of the new class including moments, quantiles and order statistics are studied. An EM algorithm for computing the estimates of the parameters involved is proposed and some maximum entropy characterizations are discussed. Finally, to show the flexibility and potential of the new class of distributions, applications to two real data sets are provided.

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  • S. Shams Harandi & M. H. Alamatsaz, 2016. "Generalized linear failure rate power series distribution," Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(8), pages 2204-2227, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lstaxx:v:45:y:2016:i:8:p:2204-2227
    DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2013.878357
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