Linear Combination and Reliability of Generalized Logistic Random Variables

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29020/nybg.ejpam.v12i3.3444

Keywords:

Generalized Logistic Distribution, Mellin Transform, Fourier Transform, H-function, Reliability

Abstract

Experimental random data, in general, present a skewed behaviour. Thus, asymmetrical generalized distributions are of interest. The generalized logistic distributions (GLDs) are good candidates to model skewed data because their probability density functions (p.d.f.) and characteristic functions are mathematically simple. In this paper, exact expressions in terms of the H-function are, for the first time, derived for the p.d.f. and for the cummulative distribution function of the linear combination of GLDs of type IV with different location, scale and shape parameters. Also, exact and approximate expressions are derived for $R=P(X<Y)$. Numerical examples illustrate the correctness of the expressions derived.

Author Biographies

  • Luan Carlos de Sena Monteiro Ozelim, University of Brasilia
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Brasília,  Brazil
  • Pushpa Narayan Rathie, University of Brasilia
    Department of Statistics, University of Brasilia, Brazil

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Published

2019-07-25

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3: (July 2019)

Section

Nonlinear Analysis

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Linear Combination and Reliability of Generalized Logistic Random Variables. (2019). European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 12(3), 722-733. https://doi.org/10.29020/nybg.ejpam.v12i3.3444