Generalized Marshall-Olkin exponentiated exponential distribution: Properties and applications

Abstract

In this study, we propose a generalized Marshall-Olkin exponentiated exponential distribution as a submodel of the family of generalized Marshall-Olkin distribution. Some statistical properties of the proposed distribution are examined such as moments, the moment-generating function, incomplete moment, and Lorenz and Bonferroni curves. We give five estimators for the unknown parameters of the proposed distribution based on maximum likelihood, least squares, weighted least squares, and the Anderson-Darling and Cramer-von Mises methods of estimation. To investigate the finite sample properties of the estimators, a comprehensive Monte Carlo simulation study is conducted for the models with three sets of randomly selected parameter values. Finally, four different real data applications are presented to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed distribution in real life.