Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-30-2014
Publication Title
Theoretical Mathematics & Applications
ISSN
1792-9709
Abstract
In this paper, the weighted inverse Weibull (WIW) class of distributions is proposed and studied. This class of distributions contains several models such as: length-biased, hazard and reverse hazard proportional inverse Weibull, proportional inverse Weibull, inverse Weibull, inverse exponential, inverse Rayleigh, and Fr´echet distributions as special cases. Properties of these distributions including the behavior of the hazard function, moments, coefficients of variation, skewness, and kurtosis, R´enyi entropy and Fisher information are presented. Estimates of the model parameters via method of maximum likelihood (ML) are presented. Extensive simulation study is conducted and numerical examples are given.
Recommended Citation
Sherina, Valeriia, Broderick O. Oluyede.
2014.
"Weighted Inverse Weibull Distribution: Statistical Properties and Applications."
Theoretical Mathematics & Applications, 4 (2): 1-30.
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https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/math-sci-facpubs/632
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