Abstract

The article presents the flexible generalized gamma distribution, whose density function can be expressed as an infinite linear combination of generalized gamma densities. Some of its statistical properties are reported, and maximum likelihood estimation is also discussed. A regression model with two systematic components is constructed for censored data. Three applications to real COVID-19 data reveal that the new model provides adequate fit and outperforms some competing models.

Alternate abstract:

El artículo presenta la distribución gamma generalizada flexible, cuya función de densidad puede expresarse como una combinación lineal infinita de densidades gamma generalizadas. Se describen algunas de sus propiedades estadísticas y se analiza la estimación por máxima verosimilitud. Se construye un modelo de regresión con dos componentes sistemáticos para datos censurados. Tres aplicaciones a datos reales de COVID-19 revelan que el nuevo modelo proporciona y supera a algunos modelos de la competencia.

Details

Title
The Flexible Generalized Gamma Distribution With Applications to COVID-19 Data
Author
Ferreira, Alexsandro A  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cordeiro, Gauss M
Pages
453-473
Section
Applied statistics
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ISSN
01201751
e-ISSN
23898976
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3095071981
Copyright
© 2024. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.