A new Pareto-type distribution with applications in reliability and income data

A new Pareto-type distribution is introduced and studied. This new model is a generalization of the well-known Pareto distribution. We derive some of its probabilistic and inferential properties. We deduce the mathematical form of the Lorenz curve and the Gini index associated with the new model. Th...

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Autores: Bourguignon, Marcelo, Saulo, Helton, Fernandez, Rodrigo Nobre
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRN
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/49698
Acesso em linha:https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/49698
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stamet.2016.01.002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Pareto distribution
Income distribution
Maximum likelihood estimation
Gini coefficient
Reliability
Descrição
Resumo:A new Pareto-type distribution is introduced and studied. This new model is a generalization of the well-known Pareto distribution. We derive some of its probabilistic and inferential properties. We deduce the mathematical form of the Lorenz curve and the Gini index associated with the new model. The maximum likelihood estimators are derived and their performance are evaluated through a Monte Carlo simulation study. Finally, we illustrate the flexibility of the new distribution by means of three applications to real data sets.