A new four-parameter class of generalized Lindley (GL) distribution called the beta-generalized Lindley (BGL) distribution is proposed. This class of distributions contains the beta-Lindley, GL and Lindley distributions as special cases. Expansion of the density of the BGL distribution is obtained. The properties of these distributions, including hazard function, reverse hazard function, monotonicity property, shapes, moments, reliability, mean deviations, Bonferroni and Lorenz curves are derived. Measures of uncertainty such as Renyi entropy and s-entropy as well as Fisher information are presented. Method of maximum likelihood is used to estimate the parameters of the BGL and related distributions. Finally, real data examples are discussed to illustrate the applicability of this class of models.

A new family of distributions called exponentiated Kumaraswamy-Dagum (EKD) distribution is proposed and studied. This family includes several well known sub-models, such as Dagum (D), Burr III (BIII), Fisk or Log-logistic (F or LLog), and new sub-models, namely, Kumaraswamy-Dagum (KD), Kumaraswamy-Burr III (KBIII), Kumaraswamy-Fisk or Kumaraswamy-Log-logistic (KF or KLLog), exponentiated Kumaraswamy-Burr III (EKBIII), and exponentiated Kumaraswamy-Fisk or exponentiated Kumaraswamy-Log-logistic (EKF or EKLLog) distributions. Statistical properties including series representation of the probability density function, hazard and reverse hazard functions, moments, mean and median deviations, reliability, Bonferroni and Lorenz curves, as well as entropy measures for this class of distributions and the sub-models are presented. Maximum likelihood estimates of the model parameters are obtained. Simulation studies are conducted. Examples and applications as well as comparisons of the EKD and its sub-distributions with other distributions are given.

A new generalized distribution is developed, namely, Topp-Leone Marshall-Olkin-G distribution. The new distribution is a linear combination of the exponentiated-G family of distributions. We considered three sub-families of the new proposed family of distribution. The distribution can handle heavy-tailed data and various forms of the hazard rate functions. A simulation study was conducted to evaluate consistency of the model parameters. Three applications are provided to demonstrate the usefulness of the new model in comparison with competing non-nested models.

A new family of distributions, namely the Kumaraswamy Odd Lindley-G distribution is developed. The new density function can be expressed as a linear combination of exponentiated-G densities. Statistical properties of the new family including hazard rate and quantile functions, moments and incomplete moments, Bonferroni and Lorenz curves, distribution of order statistics and R´enyi entropy are derived. Some special cases are presented. We conduct some Monte Carlo simulations to examine the consistency of the maximum likelihood estimates. We provide an application of KOL-LLo distribution to a real data set.

We propose a new generalized family of distributions called the exponentiated generalized power series (EGPS) family of distributions and study its sub-model, the exponentiated generalized logarithmic (EGL) class of distributions, in detail. The structural properties of the new model (EGPS) and its sub-model (EGL) distribution including moments, order statistics, Rényi entropy, and maximum likelihood estimates are derived. We used the method of maximum likelihood to estimate the parameters of this new family of distributions. Simulation study was carried out to examine the bias and the mean square error of the maximum likelihood estimators for each of the model's parameters. Finally, we showed real life data examples to illustrate the models' applicability, flexibility and usefulness.

In this paper, a new generalized distribution called the log-logisticWeibull (LLoGW) distribution is developed and presented. This dis-tribution contain the log-logistic Rayleigh (LLoGR), log-logistic expo-nential (LLoGE) and log-logistic (LLoG) distributions as special cases.The structural properties of the distribution including the hazard func-tion, reverse hazard function, quantile function, probability weightedmoments, moments, conditional moments, mean deviations, Bonferroniand Lorenz curves, distribution of order statistics, L-moments and Renyientropy are derived. Method of maximum likelihood is used to estimatethe parameters of this new distribution. A simulation study to examinethe bias, mean square error of the maximum likelihood estimators andwidth of the condence intervals for each parameter is presented. Finally, real data examples are presented to illustrate the usefulness and applicability of the model.