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Five and four-parameter lifetime distributions for bathtub-shaped failure rate using Perks mortality equation

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  • Zeng, Hongtao
  • Lan, Tian
  • Chen, Qiming

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Two lifetime distributions derived from Perks׳ mortality rate function, one with 4 parameters and the other with 5 parameters, for the modeling of bathtub-shaped failure rates are proposed in this paper. The Perks׳ mortality/failure rate functions have historically been used for human life modeling in life insurance industry. Although this distribution is no longer used in insurance industry, considering many nice and some unique features of this function, it is necessary to revisit it and introduce it to the reliability community. The parameters of the distributions can control the scale, shape, and location of the PDF. The 4-parameter distribution can be used to model the bathtub failure rate. This model is applied to three previously published groups of lifetime data. This study shows they fit very well. The 5-parameter version can potentially model constant hazard rates of the later life of some devices in addition to the good features of 4-parameter version. Both the 4 and 5-parameter versions have closed form PDF and CDF. The truncated distributions of both versions stay within the original distribution family with simple parameter transformation. This nice feature is normally considered to be only possessed by the simple exponential distribution

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  • Zeng, Hongtao & Lan, Tian & Chen, Qiming, 2016. "Five and four-parameter lifetime distributions for bathtub-shaped failure rate using Perks mortality equation," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 307-315.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:152:y:2016:i:c:p:307-315
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2016.03.014
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