Double bounded Kumaraswamy-power series class of distributions

In this paper, we will introduce the new Kumaraswamy-power series class of distributions. This new class is obtained by compounding the Kumaraswamy distribution of Kumaraswamy (1980) and the family of power series distributions. The new class contains some new double bounded distributions such as th...

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Authors: Bidram, Hamid, Nekoukhou, Vahid
Format: article
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/88429
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/88429
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Kumaraswamy distribution
Maximum likelihood estimation
Power series distributions
Uniform-power series distributions
Classificació AMS::60 Probability theory and stochastic processes::60E Distribution theory
Classificació AMS::62 Statistics::62E Distribution theory
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística matemàtica
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Summary:In this paper, we will introduce the new Kumaraswamy-power series class of distributions. This new class is obtained by compounding the Kumaraswamy distribution of Kumaraswamy (1980) and the family of power series distributions. The new class contains some new double bounded distributions such as the Kumaraswamy-geometric, -Poisson, -logarithmic and -binomial, which are used widely in hydrology and related areas. In addition, the corresponding hazard rate function of the new class can be increasing, decreasing, bathtub and upside-down bathtub. Some basic properties of this class of distributions such as the moment generating function, moments and order statistics are studied. Some special members of the class are also investigated in detail. The maximum likelihood method is used for estimating the unknown parameters of the members of the new class. Finally, an application of the proposed class is illustrated using a real data set.