A new Lindley distribution with location parameter. Issue 17 (1st September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abd El-Monsef, M. M. E.
• Is Part Of: Communications in statistics. Volume 45:Issue 17(2016)
• Page Start: 5204
• Page End: 5219
• Publication Date: 2016-09-01
• Subjects: Lindley distribution -- location parameter -- censored data -- goodness of fit; 60E05; Mathematical statistics -- Periodicals; Mathematics; Statistics; 519.2
• DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2014.941496
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0361-0926

Abstract

Abstract: The Lindley distribution has been used recently for modeling lifetime data and studying some stress-strength problems. In this paper, a new three-parameter Lindley distribution is introduced. The added location parameter offers more flexibility in fitting some real data against other common distributions. Several statistical and reliability properties are discussed. A simulation study has been carried to examine the MSE, bias, and coverage probability for the parameters. A real data set is used to illustrate the flexibility of the proposed distribution.