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The New Mixed Erlang Distribution: A Flexible Distribution for Modeling Lifetime Data

  • Lebanese University
  • Lebanese International University
  • Noroff University College

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Abstract

We introduce a new mixed distribution of the Erlang distribution that is generated from the convolution of the Extension Exponential distribution denoted by the Mixed Erlang distribution (ME). We derive an exact closed expression of the probability density function which is used to obtain closed expressions of the cumulative function, reliability function, hazard function, moment generating function and kth moment. The method of maximum likelihood and method of moments is used for estimating the model parameters. Two applications to real data sets are given to illustrate the potentiality of this distribution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)411-420
Number of pages10
JournalReliability: Theory and Applications
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Akaike Information Criterion
  • Erlang Distribution
  • Extension Exponential Distribution
  • Maximum likelihood estimation
  • Moments
  • Probability Density Function

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