In this paper, a unit logistic exponential (ULE) distribution is proposed. The ULE distribution appears to be more flexible than some of the existing well-known univariate distributions defined on the unit interval due to its five failure rate shapes, i.e. bathtub and upside-down bathtub, decreasing, increasing and constant shapes. Some statistical properties of the ULE distribution have been discussed. The quantile regression analysis is conducted. A simulation study has been conducted to check the consistency of the adopted MLE procedure. Three real-life data sets have been used to compare the ULE distribution with some existing distributions and the ULE distribution performs best fit among all.

A Marshall–Olkin variant of the Provost type gamma–Weibull probability distribution is being introduced in this paper. Some of its statistical functions and numerical characteristics among others characteristics function, moment generalizing function, central moments of real order are derived in the computational series expansion form and various illustrative special cases are discussed. This density function is utilized to model two real data sets. The new distribution provides a better fit than related distributions as measured by the Anderson–Darling and Cramér–von Mises statistics. The proposed distribution could find applications for instance in the physical and biological sciences, hydrology, medicine, meteorology, engineering, etc.

In this paper, we introduce a new bivariate Kumaraswamy exponential distribution, whose marginals are univariate Kumaraswamy exponential. Some probabilistic properties of this bivariate distribution are derived, such as joint density function, marginal density functions, conditional density functions, moments and stress-strength reliability. Also, we provide the expected information matrix with its elements in a closed form. Estimation of the parameters is investigated by the maximum likelihood, Bayesian and least squares estimation methods. A simulation study is carried out to compare the performance of the estimators by estimation methods. Further, one data set have been analyzed to show how the proposed distribution works in practice.

In this article, we develop a new general family of distributions aimed at unifying some well-established lifetime distributions and offering new work perspectives. A special family member based on the so-called modified Weibull distribution is highlighted and studied. It differs from the competition with a very flexible hazard rate function exhibiting increasing, decreasing, constant, upside-down bathtub and bathtub shapes. This panel of shapes remains rare and particularly desirable for modeling purposes. We provide the main mathematical properties of the special distribution, such as a tractable infinite series expansion of the probability density function, moments of several kinds (raw, incomplete, probability weighted…) with discussions on the skewness and kurtosis. The stochastic ordering structure and stress-strength parameter are also considered, as well as the basics of the order statistics. Then, an emphasis is put on the inferential features of the related model. In particular, the estimation of the model parameters is employed by the maximum likelihood method, with a simulation study to confirm the suitability of the approach. Three practical data sets are then analyzed. It is observed that the proposed model gives better fits than other well-known lifetime models derived from the Weibull model.

In this paper, we propose a new three-parameter modified Burr XII distribution based on the standard Burr XII distribution and the composition technique developed by [14]. Among others, we show that this technique has the ability to significantly increase the flexibility of the former Burr XII distribution, with respect to the density and hazard rate shapes. Also, complementary theoretical aspects are studied as shapes, asymptotes, quantiles, useful expansion, moments, skewness, kurtosis, incomplete moments, moments generating function, stochastic ordering, reliability parameter and order statistics. Then, a Monte Carlo simulation study is carried out to assess the performance of the maximum likelihood estimates of the modified Burr XII model parameters. Finally, three applications to real-life data sets are presented, with models comparisons. The results are favorable for the new modified Burr XII model.