Modified Chen distribution: Properties, estimation, and applications in reliability analysis

This article proposed a flexible three-parameter distribution known as the modified Chen distribution (MCD). The MCD is capable of modeling failure rates with both monotonic and non-monotonic behaviors, including the bathtub curve commonly used to represent device performance in reliability engineer...

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Main Author: M. G. M. Ghazal
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Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/math.20241662
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description This article proposed a flexible three-parameter distribution known as the modified Chen distribution (MCD). The MCD is capable of modeling failure rates with both monotonic and non-monotonic behaviors, including the bathtub curve commonly used to represent device performance in reliability engineering. We examined its statistical properties, such as moments, mean time to failure, mean residual life, Rényi entropy, and order statistics. Model parameters, along with survival and hazard functions, were estimated by utilizing maximum likelihood estimators and two types of bootstrap confidence intervals. Bayesian estimates of the model parameters, along with the survival and hazard functions and their corresponding credible intervals, were derived via the Markov chain Monte Carlo method under balanced squared error loss, balanced linear-exponential loss, and balanced general entropy loss. We also provided a simulated dataset analysis for illustration. Furthermore, the MCD's performance was compared with other popular distributions across two well-known failure time datasets. The findings suggested that the MCD offered the best fit for these datasets, highlighting its potential applicability to real-world problems and its suitability as a model for analyzing and predicting device failure times.
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spelling doaj-art-2b91ffb62f104dd5a700782778498a632025-01-23T07:53:25ZengAIMS PressAIMS Mathematics2473-69882024-12-01912349063494610.3934/math.20241662Modified Chen distribution: Properties, estimation, and applications in reliability analysisM. G. M. Ghazal0Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia 61519, EgyptThis article proposed a flexible three-parameter distribution known as the modified Chen distribution (MCD). The MCD is capable of modeling failure rates with both monotonic and non-monotonic behaviors, including the bathtub curve commonly used to represent device performance in reliability engineering. We examined its statistical properties, such as moments, mean time to failure, mean residual life, Rényi entropy, and order statistics. Model parameters, along with survival and hazard functions, were estimated by utilizing maximum likelihood estimators and two types of bootstrap confidence intervals. Bayesian estimates of the model parameters, along with the survival and hazard functions and their corresponding credible intervals, were derived via the Markov chain Monte Carlo method under balanced squared error loss, balanced linear-exponential loss, and balanced general entropy loss. We also provided a simulated dataset analysis for illustration. Furthermore, the MCD's performance was compared with other popular distributions across two well-known failure time datasets. The findings suggested that the MCD offered the best fit for these datasets, highlighting its potential applicability to real-world problems and its suitability as a model for analyzing and predicting device failure times.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/math.20241662modified chen distributionbathtub-shape hazard ratemaximum likelihood estimatorsbayes estimatorssimulationslifetime data analysis
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Modified Chen distribution: Properties, estimation, and applications in reliability analysis
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modified chen distribution
bathtub-shape hazard rate
maximum likelihood estimators
bayes estimators
simulations
lifetime data analysis
title Modified Chen distribution: Properties, estimation, and applications in reliability analysis
title_full Modified Chen distribution: Properties, estimation, and applications in reliability analysis
title_fullStr Modified Chen distribution: Properties, estimation, and applications in reliability analysis
title_full_unstemmed Modified Chen distribution: Properties, estimation, and applications in reliability analysis
title_short Modified Chen distribution: Properties, estimation, and applications in reliability analysis
title_sort modified chen distribution properties estimation and applications in reliability analysis
topic modified chen distribution
bathtub-shape hazard rate
maximum likelihood estimators
bayes estimators
simulations
lifetime data analysis
url https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/math.20241662
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