Parameter and reliability estimation of inverted Maxwell mixture model

Subgroup Identification and Regression Analysis of Clustered and Heterogeneous Interval-Censored Data

Clustered and heterogeneous interval-censored data occur in many fields such as medical studies. For example, in a migraine study with the Netherlands Twin Registry, the information including time to diagnosis of migraine and gender was collected for 3975 monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Since each study subject is observed only at discrete and periodic follow-up time points, the failure times of interest (i.e., the time when the individual first had a migraine) are known only to belong to certain intervals and hence are interval-censored. Furthermore, these twins come from different genetic backgrounds and may be associated with differential risks for developing migraines. For simultaneous subgroup identification and regression analysis of such data, we propose a latent Cox model where the number of subgroups is not assumed a priori but rather data-driven estimated. The nonparametric maximum likelihood method and an EM algorithm with monotone ascent property are also developed for estimating the model parameters. Simulation studies are conducted to assess the finite sample performance of the proposed estimation procedure. We further illustrate the proposed methodologies by an empirical analysis of migraine data.

A new modified Kies Fréchet distribution: Applications of mortality rate of Covid-19

The purpose of this paper is to identify an effective statistical distribution for examining COVID-19 mortality rates in Canada and Netherlands in order to model the distribution of COVID-19. The modified Kies Frechet (MKIF) model is an advanced three parameter lifetime distribution that was developed by incorporating the Frechet and modified Kies families. In particular with respect to current distributions, the latest one has very versatile probability functions: increasing, decreasing, and inverted U shapes are observed for the hazard rate functions, indicating that the capability of adaptability of the model. A straight forward linear representation of PDF, moment generating functions, Probability weighted moments and hazard rate functions are among the enticing features of this novel distribution. We used three different estimation methodologies to estimate the pertinent parameters of MKIF model like least squares estimators (LSEs), maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) and weighted least squares estimators (WLSEs). The efficiency of these estimators is assessed using a thorough Monte Carlo simulation analysis. We evaluated the newest model for a variety of data sets to examine how effectively it handled data modeling. The real implementation demonstrates that the proposed model outperforms competing models and can be selected as a superior model for developing a statistical model for COVID-19 data and other similar data sets.