The Beta Power Muth Distribution: Regression Modeling, Properties and Data Analysis

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new flexible lifetime distribution. The proposed distribution will be referred to as beta power Muth distribution. It can be used to model increasing, decreasing, bathtub shaped or upside-down bathtub hazard rates. Some properties of the new model are obtained including moments, quantile function and moments of the order statistics. The unknown model parameters are estimated by the maximum likelihood method of estimation. A Monte Carlo simulation study is carried out to assess the performance of the maximum likelihood estimates. Two reliability data sets are applied to illustrate the usefulness and flexibility of the proposed model. In addition, we introduce a new location-scale regression model based on the logarithm of the proposed distribution and provide a real data application.