TY - JOUR
T1 - Two new mixture models related to the inverse Gaussian distribution
AU - Kotz, Samuel
AU - Leiva, Víctor
AU - Sanhueza, Antonio
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the editor and referees for their helpful comments which aided in improving this article. This study was supported by FONDECYT 1080326, DIPUV 29/2006 and DIUFRO DI08-1002 grants, Chile.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - This article presents a new family of logarithmic distributions to be called the sinh mixture inverse Gaussian model and its associated life distribution referred as the extended mixture inverse Gaussian model. Specifically, the density, distribution function, and moments are developed for the sinh mixture inverse Gaussian distribution. Next, the extended mixture inverse Gaussian distribution is characterized. A graphical analysis of the densities of the new models is also provided. In addition, a lifetime analysis is presented for the extended mixture inverse Gaussian distribution. Finally, an example with a real data set is given to illustrate the methodology, which indicates that the new models result in a better fit to the data than some other well-known distributions.
AB - This article presents a new family of logarithmic distributions to be called the sinh mixture inverse Gaussian model and its associated life distribution referred as the extended mixture inverse Gaussian model. Specifically, the density, distribution function, and moments are developed for the sinh mixture inverse Gaussian distribution. Next, the extended mixture inverse Gaussian distribution is characterized. A graphical analysis of the densities of the new models is also provided. In addition, a lifetime analysis is presented for the extended mixture inverse Gaussian distribution. Finally, an example with a real data set is given to illustrate the methodology, which indicates that the new models result in a better fit to the data than some other well-known distributions.
KW - Birnbaum-Saunders distribution
KW - Goodness-of-fit
KW - Likelihood methods
KW - Moments
KW - Sinh-normal distribution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951924875&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11009-008-9112-4
DO - 10.1007/s11009-008-9112-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951924875
SN - 1387-5841
VL - 12
SP - 199
EP - 212
JO - Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability
JF - Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability
IS - 1
ER -