In this paper, a four parameters extension of the generalized Lindley distribution is introduced. The new distribution includes the power Lindley, Lindley, generalized (Stacy) gamma, gamma, Weibull, Rayleigh, exponential and half-normal distribution. Several statistical properties of the distribution are explored. Then, a bivariate version of the proposed distribution is derived. Using a simula...

A new class of distributions recently developed involves the logit of the beta distribution. Among this class of distributions are the beta-normal (Eugene et al. (2002)); beta-Gumbel (Nadarajah and Kotz (2004)); beta-exponential (Nadarajah and Kotz (2006)); beta-Weibull (Famoye et al. (2005)); beta-Rayleigh (Akinsete and Lowe (2008)); beta-Laplace (Kozubowski and Nadarajah (2008)); and beta-Par...

The first part is the statistical structure of wind speed, i.e. the methods for determination of Weibull-distribution’s parameters, fitting of frequency distribution of daily and monthly mean wind speeds with the Weibull-distribution, estimation of frequency distributions of daily and monthly mean wind speeds with the Weibull-distribution at different heights. The second part includes the stati...

Fiber lengths were analyzed for random samples of medium-density fiberboard (MDF) fibers and wood particles taken from eleven different populations. For six of the samples, the lognormal distribution fit the data, while the Weibull distribution did not. For three of the samples, the Weibull fit the data, while the lognormal did not. For two of the samples, both the lognormal and Weibull fit the...

Fingerprinting is a common technique for indoor positioning using short range Radio Frequency (RF) technologies such as Wireless Location Area Network (WLAN) and Bluetooth (BT). It works in two phases: The first phase is a data training phase in which a radio map for the targeted area is generated in advance, while the second phase is the real-time location determination phase using the radio m...

When modeling time series data using autoregressive-moving average processes, it is a common practice to presume that the residuals are normally distributed. However, sometimes we encounter non-normal residuals and asymmetry of data marginal distribution. Despite widespread use of pure autoregressive processes for modeling non-normal time series, the autoregressive-moving average models have le...

This paper presents a physically based theory to model the strength and lifetime distributions of quasibrittle structures. The theory is derived from the fracture mechanics of atomic lattice cracks propagating through the lattice by tiny jumps over numerous activation energy barriers on the surface of the free energy potential of the lattice, caused by crack length jumps by one atomic spacing. ...