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Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Reliability Engineering

Background:

  • Statistical models are crucial for data analysis in engineering and medicine.
  • Existing models may not fully capture the complexities of reliability engineering data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce a novel "new generalized-X family" of probability distributions.
  • Develop a new generalized-Weibull distribution as a specific application.
  • Analyze mathematical properties and parameter estimation for the new family.

Main Methods:

  • Derivation of maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) for the new distributions.
  • Comprehensive Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate MLE performance.
  • Application of the new generalized-Weibull model to real-world coating machine failure data.
  • Bayesian analysis and Gibbs sampling for parameter estimation and convergence diagnostics (Gelman-Rubin, Geweke, Raftery-Lewis).

Main Results:

  • The new generalized-X family provides a flexible framework for reliability data.
  • The new generalized-Weibull distribution effectively models coating machine failure times.
  • Simulation studies confirm the performance of the derived estimators.
  • Bayesian analysis successfully implemented for parameter estimation and convergence.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed new generalized-X family and its sub-models offer valuable tools for reliability engineering.
  • The new distributions enhance the modeling of complex failure time data.
  • The study validates the proposed methods through simulation and real-world application.