Research Article Volume 3 Issue 2
1Department of Statistics, Eritrea Institute of Technology, Eritrea
2Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Eritrea
3Department of Banking and Finance, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Correspondence: Rama Shanker, Department of Statistics, Eritrea Institute of Technology, Asmara, Eritrea
Received: December 02, 2015 | Published: January 28, 2016
Citation: Shanker R, Fesshaye H, Selvaraj S. On modeling of lifetime data using one parameter akash, lindley and exponential distributions. Biom Biostat Int J. 2016;3(2):56-62. DOI: 10.15406/bbij.2016.03.00061
The analysis and modeling of lifetime data are crucial in almost all applied sciences including medicine, insurance, engineering, and finance, amongst others. In the present paper an attempt has been made to discuss applications of Akash distribution introduced by Shanker,1 Lindley distribution and exponential distributions for modeling lifetime data from various fields. Firstly a table for values of the various characteristics of Akash distribution and Lindley distribution has been presented for various values of their parameter which reflects their nature and behavior. The expressions for the index of dispersion of Akash, Lindley and exponential distributions have been obtained and the conditions under which Akash, Lindley and exponential distributions are over-dispersed, equi-dispersed, and under-dispersed has been given. Several lifetime data from medical science and engineering have been fitted using Akash distribution along with Lindley and exponential distributions to study the advantages and disadvantages of these distributions for modeling lifetime data.
Keywords: akash distribution, lindley distribution, exponential distribution, index of dispersion, estimation of parameter, goodness of fit
The time to the occurrence of event of interest is known as lifetime or survival time or failure time in reliability analysis. The event may be failure of a piece of equipment, death of a person, development (or remission) of symptoms of disease, health code violation (or compliance). The modeling and statistical analysis of lifetime data are crucial for statisticians and research workers in almost all applied sciences including engineering, medical science/biological science, insurance and finance, amongst others.
Recently Shanker1 has introduced a one parameter continuous distribution named, “Akash distribution” for modeling lifetime data from engineering and medical science and studied its various mathematical properties, estimation of its parameter, and its applications. A number of continuous distributions for modeling lifetime data have been introduced in statistical literature including exponential, Lindley, gamma, lognormal and Weibull, amongst others. The exponential, Lindley and the Weibull distributions are more popular in practice than the gamma and the lognormal distributions because the survival functions of the gamma and the lognormal distributions cannot be expressed in closed forms and both require numerical integration. Though Akash, Lindley and exponential distributions are of one parameter, Akash and Lindley distributions have advantage over the exponential distribution that the exponential distribution has constant hazard rate and mean residual life function whereas the Akash and Lindley distributions have increasing hazard rate and decreasing mean residual life function. Further, Akash distribution of Shanker1 has flexibility over both Lindley and exponential distributions.
In statistical literature, exponential distribution was the first widely used lifetime distribution model in areas ranging from studies on the lifetimes of manufactured items Davis,2 Epstein & Sobel,3 Epstein4 to research involving survival or remission times in chronic diseases Feigl & Zelen.5 The main reason for its wide usefulness and applicability as lifetime model is partly because of the availability of simple statistical methods for it Epstein & Sobel3 and partly because it appeared suitable for representing the lifetimes of many things such as various types of manufactured items Davis.2
The Lindley distribution is a two-component mixture of an exponential distribution having scale parameter θθ and a gamma distribution having shape parameter 2 and scale parameter θθ with mixing proportions θθ+1θθ+1 and 1θ+11θ+1 and is given by Lindley6 in the context of Bayesian Statistics as a counter example of fiducial Statistics. A detailed study about its various mathematical properties, estimation of parameter and application showing the superiority of Lindley distribution over exponential distribution for the waiting times before service of the bank customers has been done by Ghitany et al.7 The Lindley distribution has been generalized, extended, modified and its detailed applications in reliability and other fields of knowledge by different researchers including Hussain,8 Zakerzadeh & Dolati,9 Nadarajah et al.,10 Deniz & Ojeda,11 Bakouch et al.,12 Shanker & Mishra,13,14 Shanker et al.,15 Elbatal et al.,16 Ghitany et al.,17 Merovci,18 Liyanage & Pararai,19 Ashour & Eltehiwy,20 Oluyede & Yang,21 Singh et al.22 Sharma et al.23 Shanker et al.,24 Alkarni,25 Pararai et al.,26 Abouammoh et al.27 are some among others.
Although the Lindley distribution has been used to model lifetime data by many researchers and Hussain8 has shown that the Lindley distribution is important for studying stress-strength reliability modeling, it has been observed that there are many situations in the modeling of lifetime data where the Lindley distribution may not be suitable from a theoretical or applied point of view. In fact, Shanker et al.24 has detailed comparative study about the applicability of Lindley and exponential distributions for modeling various types of lifetime data and observed that none is a suitable model in all cases.
Shanker1 introduced a new distribution named, ‘Akash distribution’ which is flexible than the Lindley distribution for modeling lifetime data in reliability and in terms of its hazard rate shapes. Akash distribution is a two- component mixture of an exponential distribution having scale parameter θθ and a gamma distribution having shape parameter 3 and scale parameter θθ with mixing proportions θ2θ2+2θ2θ2+2 and 1θ2+21θ2+2 and has been shown by Shanker1 that Akash distribution gives better fit than Lindley and exponential distributions in modeling lifetime data.
Let TT be a continuous random variable representing the lifetimes of individuals in some population. The expressions for probability density function, f(t)f(t) , cumulative distribution function, F(t)F(t) , survival function, S(t)S(t) , hazard rate function, h(t)h(t) , mean residual life function, m(t)m(t) , mean μ1′μ1′ , variance μ2μ2 , third moment about mean μ3μ3 , fourth moment about mean μ4μ4 , coefficient of variation (C.V.), coefficient of Skewness (√β1)(√β1) , coefficient of Kurtosis (β2)(β2) , and index of dispersion (γ)(γ) of exponential, Lindley and Akash distributions are summarized in the following .
Exponential distribution |
Lindley distribution |
Akash distribution |
f(t)=θe−θ tf(t)=θe−θt |
f(t)=θ2θ+1(1+t)e−θ tf(t)=θ2θ+1(1+t)e−θt |
f(t)=θ3θ2+2(1+t2)e−θ tf(t)=θ3θ2+2(1+t2)e−θt |
F(t)=1−e−θ tF(t)=1−e−θt |
F(t)=1−θ+1+θ tθ+1e−θ tF(t)=1−θ+1+θtθ+1e−θt |
F(t)=1−[1+θ t(θ t+2)θ2+2]e−θ tF(t)=1−[1+θt(θt+2)θ2+2]e−θt |
S(t)=e−θ tS(t)=e−θt |
S(t)=θ+1+θ tθ+1e−θ tS(t)=θ+1+θtθ+1e−θt |
S(t)=[1+θ t(θ t+2)θ2+2]e−θ tS(t)=[1+θt(θt+2)θ2+2]e−θt |
h(t)=θh(t)=θ |
h(t)=θ2(1+t)θ+1+θ th(t)=θ2(1+t)θ+1+θt |
h(t)=θ3(1+t2)θ t(θ t+2)+(θ2+2)h(t)=θ3(1+t2)θt(θt+2)+(θ2+2) |
m(t)=1θm(t)=1θ |
m(t)=θ+2+θ tθ(θ+1+θ t)m(t)=θ+2+θtθ(θ+1+θt) |
m(t)=θ2 t2+4θ t+(θ2+6)θ[θ t(θ t+2)+(θ2+2)]m(t)=θ2t2+4θt+(θ2+6)θ[θt(θt+2)+(θ2+2)] |
μ1′=1θμ1′=1θ |
μ1′=θ+2θ(θ+1)μ1′=θ+2θ(θ+1) |
μ1′=θ2+6θ(θ2+2)μ1′=θ2+6θ(θ2+2) |
μ2=1θ2μ2=1θ2 |
μ2=θ2+4θ+2θ2(θ+1)2μ2=θ2+4θ+2θ2(θ+1)2 |
μ2=θ4+16θ2+12θ2(θ2+2)2μ2=θ4+16θ2+12θ2(θ2+2)2 |
μ3=2θ3μ3=2θ3 |
μ3=2(θ3+6θ2+6θ+2)θ3(θ+1)3μ3=2(θ3+6θ2+6θ+2)θ3(θ+1)3 |
μ3=2(θ6+30θ4+36θ2+24)θ3(θ2+2)3μ3=2(θ6+30θ4+36θ2+24)θ3(θ2+2)3 |
μ4=9θ4μ4=9θ4 |
μ4=3(3θ4+24θ3+44θ2+32θ+8)θ4(θ+1)4μ4=3(3θ4+24θ3+44θ2+32θ+8)θ4(θ+1)4 |
μ4=3(3θ8+128θ6+408θ4+576θ2+240)θ4(θ2+2)4μ4=3(3θ8+128θ6+408θ4+576θ2+240)θ4(θ2+2)4 |
C.V=σμ′1=1C.V=σμ′1=1 |
C.V=σμ′1=√θ2+4θ+2θ+2C.V=σμ′1=√θ2+4θ+2θ+2 |
C.V=σμ1′=√θ4+16θ2+12θ2+6C.V=σμ1′=√θ4+16θ2+12θ2+6 |
√β1=2√β1=2 |
√β1=2(θ3+6θ2+6θ+2)(θ2+4θ+2)3/2√β1=2(θ3+6θ2+6θ+2)(θ2+4θ+2)3/2 |
√β1=2(θ6+30θ4+36θ2+24)(θ4+16θ2+12)3/2√β1=2(θ6+30θ4+36θ2+24)(θ4+16θ2+12)3/2 |
β2=9β2=9 |
β2=3(3θ4+24θ3+44θ2+32θ+8)(θ2+4θ+2)2β2=3(3θ4+24θ3+44θ2+32θ+8)(θ2+4θ+2)2 |
β2=3(3θ8+128θ6+408θ4+576θ2+240)(θ4+16θ2+12)2β2=3(3θ8+128θ6+408θ4+576θ2+240)(θ4+16θ2+12)2 |
γ=σ2μ1′=1θγ=σ2μ1′=1θ |
γ=σ2μ1′=θ2+4θ+2θ(θ+1)(θ+2)γ=σ2μ1′=θ2+4θ+2θ(θ+1)(θ+2) |
γ=σ2μ1′=θ4+16θ2+12θ(θ2+2)(θ2+6)γ=σ2μ1′=θ4+16θ2+12θ(θ2+2)(θ2+6) |
Table 1 Characteristics of Exponential, Lindley and Akash Distributions
It can be easily verified that the Akash distribution is over- dispersed (μ<σ2)(μ<σ2) , equi-dispersed (μ=σ2)(μ=σ2) and under-dispersed (μ>σ2)(μ>σ2) for θ<(=)>θ∗=1.515400063θ<(=)>θ∗=1.515400063 respectively. Further, Lindley distribution is over- dispersed (μ<σ2)(μ<σ2) , equi-dispersed (μ=σ2)(μ=σ2) and under-dispersed (μ>σ2)(μ>σ2) for θ<(=)>θ∗=1.170086487θ<(=)>θ∗=1.170086487 respectively, whereas as exponential distribution is over- dispersed (μ<σ2)(μ<σ2) , equi-dispersed (μ=σ2)(μ=σ2) and under- dispersed (μ>σ2)(μ>σ2) for θ<(=)>θ∗=1θ<(=)>θ∗=1 respectively.
A table of values for coefficient of variation (C.V.), coefficient of Skewness (√β1)(√β1) , coefficient of Kurtosis (β2)(β2) , and index of dispersion (γ)(γ) for Akash and Lindley distributions for various values of their parameter for comparative study are summarized in the Table 2.
Values of θθ for Akash Distribution |
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0.01 |
0.05 |
0.09 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2 |
C.V |
0.577379 |
0.578071 |
0.579679 |
0.641249 |
0.716741 |
0.882958 |
0.959166 |
√β1√β1 |
1.154643 |
1.153268 |
1.150133 |
1.083974 |
1.10564 |
1.388077 |
1.61372 |
β2β2 |
4.999867 |
4.996681 |
4.989352 |
4.784948 |
4.735717 |
5.472724 |
6.391304 |
γγ |
100.0067 |
20.03328 |
11.17079 |
2.284444 |
1.615097 |
1.008913 |
0.766667 |
Values of θθ for Lindley Distribution |
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|
0.01 |
0.05 |
0.09 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2 |
C.V |
0.710607 |
0.723943 |
0.736298 |
0.824621 |
0.863075 |
0.914732 |
0.935414 |
√β1√β1 |
1.414317 |
1.416546 |
1.421076 |
1.512281 |
1.580387 |
1.698866 |
1.756288 |
β2β2 |
6.000294 |
6.006807 |
6.020488 |
6.342561 |
6.621505 |
7.172516 |
7.469388 |
γγ |
100.4926 |
20.46458 |
11.55007 |
2.266667 |
1.448413 |
0.780952 |
0.583333 |
Table 2 Values of C.V √β1√β1 , β2β2 and γγ of Akash and Lindley Distributions for varying values of the parameter θθ
The Akash, Lindley and exponential distributions have been fitted to a number of real lifetime data - sets to tests their goodness of fit. Goodness of fit tests for sixteen real lifetime data- sets have been presented here. In order to compare Akash, Lindley and exponential distributions, −2lnL−2lnL , AIC (Akaike Information Criterion), AICC (Akaike Information Criterion Corrected), BIC (Bayesian Information Criterion), K-S Statistics ( Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistics) for all sixteen real lifetime data- sets have been computed Table 3. The formulae for computing AIC, AICC, BIC, and K-S Statistics are as follows:
|
Model |
Parameter |
-2ln L |
AIC |
AICC |
BIC |
K-S |
Data 1 |
Akash |
1.355445 |
163.73 |
165.73 |
165.79 |
169.93 |
0.355 |
|
Exponential |
0.663647 |
177.66 |
179.66 |
179.73 |
181.80 |
0.402 |
Data 2 |
Akash |
0.043876 |
950.97 983.11 |
952.97 |
953.01 |
955.58 |
0.184 |
|
Exponential |
0.014635 |
1044.87 |
1046.87 |
1046.91 |
1049.48 |
0.357 |
Data 3 |
Akash |
0.04151 |
227.06 |
229.06 |
229.25 |
230.20 |
0.107 |
|
Exponential |
0.013845 |
242.87 |
244.87 |
245.06 |
246.01 |
0.263 |
Data 4 |
Akash |
0.013514 |
1255.83 |
1257.83 |
1257.87 |
1260.43 |
0.071 |
|
Exponential |
0.004505 |
1280.52 |
1282.52 |
1282.56 |
1285.12 |
0.190 |
Data 5 |
Akash |
0.030045 |
794.70 |
796.70 |
796.76 |
798.98 |
0.184 |
|
Exponential |
0.010018 |
806.88 |
808.88 |
808.94 |
811.16 |
0.198 |
Data 6 |
Akash |
0.11961 |
981.28 |
983.28 |
983.31 |
986.18 |
0.393 |
|
Exponential |
0.04006 |
1130.26 |
1132.26 |
1132.29 |
1135.16 |
0.525 |
Data 7 |
Akash |
0.013263 |
803.96 |
805.96 |
806.02 |
810.01 |
0.298 |
|
Exponential |
0.004421 |
744.87 |
746.87 |
746.94 |
748.93 |
0.166 |
Data 8 |
Akash |
0.013423 |
609.93 |
611.93 |
612.02 |
613.71 |
0.280 |
|
Exponential |
0.004475 |
564.02 |
566.02 |
566.11 |
567.80 |
0.145 |
Data 9 |
Akash |
0.3105 |
887.89 |
889.89 |
889.92 |
892.74 |
0.198 |
|
Exponential |
0.106773 |
828.68 |
830.68 |
830.72 |
833.54 |
0.077 |
Data 10 |
Akash |
0.050293 |
354.88 |
356.88 |
357.02 |
358.28 |
0.421 |
|
Exponential |
0.016779 |
305.26 |
307.26 |
307.40 |
308.66 |
0.213 |
Data 11 |
Akash |
1.165719 |
115.15 |
117.15 |
117.28 |
118.68 |
0.156 |
|
Exponential |
0.532081 |
110.91 |
112.91 |
113.03 |
114.43 |
0.089 |
Data 12 |
Akash |
0.295277 |
641.93 |
643.93 |
643.95 |
646.51 |
0.100 |
|
Exponential |
0.101245 |
658.04 |
660.04 |
660.08 |
662.65 |
0.163 |
Data 13 |
Akash |
0.024734 |
194.30 |
196.30 |
196.61 |
197.01 |
0.456 |
|
Exponential |
0.008246 |
173.94 |
175.94 |
176.25 |
176.65 |
0.277 |
Data 14 |
Akash |
1.156923 |
59.52 |
61.52 |
61.74 |
62.51 |
0.320 |
|
Exponential |
0.526316 |
65.67 |
67.67 |
67.90 |
68.67 |
0.389 |
Data 15 |
Akash |
0.097062 |
240.68 |
242.68 |
242.82 |
244.11 |
0.266 |
Data 16 |
Akash |
0.964726 |
224.28 |
226.28 |
226.34 |
228.51 |
0.348 |
Table 3 MLE’s, -2ln L, AIC, AICC, BIC, K-S Statistics of the fitted distributions of data sets 1-16
AIC=−2lnL+2kAIC=−2lnL+2k , AICC=AIC+2k(k+1)(n−k−1)AICC=AIC+2k(k+1)(n−k−1) , BIC=−2lnL+klnnBIC=−2lnL+klnn and D=Supx|Fn(x)−F0(x)|D=Supx|Fn(x)−F0(x)| , where kk the number of parameters, nn is the sample size and Fn(x)Fn(x) is the empirical distribution function. The best distribution corresponds to lower values of −2lnL−2lnL , AIC, AICC, BIC, and K-S statistics. The fittings of Akash, Lindley and exponential distributions are based on maximum likelihood estimates (MLE).
Let t1,t2,....,tnt1,t2,....,tn be a random sample of size n from exponential distribution. The likelihood function, LL and the log likelihood function, lnLlnL of exponential distribution are given by L=θne−n θ ˉtL=θne−nθ¯t and lnL=nlnθ−n θ ˉtlnL=nlnθ−nθ¯t . The MLE ˆθˆθ of the parameter θθ of exponential distribution is the solution of the equation dlnLdθ=0dlnLdθ=0 and is given by ˆθ=1ˉtˆθ=1¯t , where ˉt¯t is the sample mean.
Let t1,t2,....,tnt1,t2,....,tn be a random sample of size n from Lindley distribution. The likelihood function, LL and the log likelihood function, lnLlnL of Lindley distribution are given by L=(θ2θ+1)nn∏i=1(1+ti) e−n θ ˉtL=(θ2θ+1)nn∏i=1(1+ti)e−nθ¯t and lnL=nln(θ2θ+1)+n∑i=1ln(1+ti)−n θ ˉtlnL=nln(θ2θ+1)+n∑i=1ln(1+ti)−nθ¯t . The MLE ˆθ of the parameter θ of Lindley distribution is the solution of the equation dlnLdθ=0 and is given by ˆθ=−(ˉt−1)+√(ˉt−1)2+8 ˉt2 ˉt; ˉt>0 , where ˉt is the sample mean.
Let t1,t2,....,tn be a random sample of size n from Akash distribution. The likelihood function, L and the log likelihood function, lnL of Akash distribution are given by L=(θ3θ2+2)nn∏i=1(1+ti2) e−n θ ˉt and lnL=nln(θ3θ2+2)+n∑i=1ln(1+ti2)−n θ ˉt . The MLE ˆθ of the parameter θ of Akash distribution is the solution of the equation dlnLdθ=0 is the solution of following non-linear equation ˉtθ3−θ2+2ˉtθ−6=0 , where ˉt is the sample mean.
It is obvious from the goodness of fit of Akash, Lindley and exponential distributions that the Akash distribution provides better fit than the Lindley and exponential distributions in data-sets 2, 3, 6, 14, 15, and 16; the Lindley distribution gives better fit than the exponential and Akash distributions in data-sets 1, 4, 5 and 12; the exponential distribution gives better fit than the Lindley and the Akash distributions in data sets 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13.
0.55 |
0.93 |
1.25 |
1.36 |
1.49 |
1.52 |
1.58 |
1.61 |
1.64 |
1.68 |
1.73 |
1.81 |
2 |
0.74 |
1.04 |
1.27 |
1.39 |
1.49 |
1.53 |
1.59 |
1.61 |
1.66 |
1.68 |
1.76 |
1.82 |
2.01 |
0.77 |
1.11 |
1.28 |
1.42 |
1.5 |
1.54 |
1.6 |
1.62 |
1.66 |
1.69 |
1.76 |
1.84 |
2.24 |
0.81 |
1.13 |
1.29 |
1.48 |
1.5 |
1.55 |
1.61 |
1.62 |
1.66 |
1.7 |
1.77 |
1.84 |
0.84 |
1.24 |
1.3 |
1.48 |
1.51 |
1.55 |
1.61 |
1.63 |
1.67 |
1.7 |
1.78 |
1.89 |
Data Set 1: The data set represents the strength of 1.5cm glass fibers measured at the National Physical Laboratory, England. Unfortunately, the units of measurements are not given in the paper, and they are taken from Smith & Naylor.28
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Data Set 2: The data is given by Birnbaum & Saunders29 on the fatigue life of 6061 – T6 aluminum coupons cut parallel to the direction of rolling and oscillated at 18 cycles per second. The data set consists of 101 observations with maximum stress per cycle 31,000 psi. The data ( × 10−3 ) are presented below (after subtracting 65).
17.88 |
28.92 |
33 |
41.5 |
42.12 |
45.6 |
48.8 |
51.8 |
52 |
54.12 |
55.56 |
67.8 |
68.44 |
68.64 |
68.9 |
84.1 |
93.12 |
98.6 |
105 |
106 |
128 |
128 |
173.4 |
Data Set 3: The data set is from Lawless.30 The data given arose in tests on endurance of deep groove ball bearings. The data are the number of million revolutions before failure for each of the 23 ball bearings in the life tests and they are.
86 |
146 |
251 |
653 |
98 |
249 |
400 |
292 |
131 |
169 |
175 |
176 |
76 |
264 |
15 |
364 |
195 |
262 |
88 |
264 |
157 |
220 |
42 |
321 |
180 |
198 |
38 |
20 |
61 |
121 |
282 |
224 |
149 |
180 |
325 |
250 |
196 |
90 |
229 |
166 |
38 |
337 |
65 |
151 |
341 |
40 |
40 |
135 |
597 |
246 |
211 |
180 |
93 |
315 |
353 |
571 |
124 |
279 |
81 |
186 |
497 |
182 |
423 |
185 |
229 |
400 |
338 |
290 |
398 |
71 |
246 |
185 |
188 |
568 |
55 |
55 |
61 |
244 |
20 |
284 |
393 |
396 |
203 |
829 |
239 |
236 |
286 |
194 |
277 |
143 |
198 |
264 |
105 |
203 |
124 |
137 |
135 |
350 |
193 |
188 |
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Data Set 4: The data is from Picciotto 31 and arose in test on the cycle at which the Yarn failed. The data are the number of cycles until failure of the yarn and they are.
12 |
15 |
22 |
24 |
24 |
32 |
32 |
33 |
34 |
38 |
38 |
43 |
44 |
48 |
52 |
53 |
54 |
54 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
58 |
58 |
59 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
61 |
62 |
63 |
65 |
65 |
67 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
72 |
73 |
75 |
76 |
76 |
81 |
83 |
84 |
85 |
87 |
91 |
95 |
96 |
98 |
99 |
109 |
110 |
121 |
127 |
129 |
131 |
143 |
146 |
146 |
175 |
175 |
211 |
233 |
258 |
258 |
263 |
297 |
341 |
341 |
376 |
Data Set 5: This data represents the survival times (in days) of 72 guinna pigs infected with virulent tubercle bacilli, observed and reported by Bjerkedal.32
19(16) |
20(15) |
21(14) |
22(9) |
23(12) |
24(10) |
25(6) |
26(9) |
27(8) |
28(5) |
29(6) |
30(4) |
31(3) |
32(4) |
33 |
34 |
35(4) |
36(2) |
37(2) |
39 |
42 44 |
Data Set 6: This data is related with behavioral sciences, collected by Balakrishnan N, Victor Leiva & Antonio Sanhueza:33 The scale “General Rating of Affective Symptoms for Preschoolers (GRASP)” measures behavioral and emotional problems of children, which can be classified with depressive condition or not according to this scale. A study conducted by the authors in a city located at the south part of Chile has allowed collecting real data corresponding to the scores of the GRASP scale of children with frequency in parenthesis, which are.
6.53 |
7 |
10.42 |
14.48 |
16.1 |
22.7 |
34 |
41.55 |
42 |
45.28 |
49.4 |
53.62 |
63 |
64 |
83 |
84 |
91 |
108 |
112 |
129 |
133 |
133 |
139 |
140 |
140 |
146 |
149 |
154 |
157 |
160 |
160 |
165 |
146 |
149 |
154 |
157 |
160 |
160 |
165 |
173 |
176 |
218 |
225 |
241 |
248 |
273 |
277 |
297 |
405 |
417 |
420 |
440 |
523 |
583 |
594 |
1101 |
1146 |
1417 |
Data Set 7: The data set reported by Efron34 represent the survival times of a group of patients suffering from Head and Neck cancer disease and treated using radiotherapy (RT).
12.2 |
23.56 |
23.74 |
25.87 |
31.98 |
37 |
41.35 |
47.38 |
55.46 |
58.36 |
63.47 |
68.46 |
78.26 |
74.47 |
81.43 |
84 |
92 |
94 |
110 |
112 |
119 |
127 |
130 |
133 |
140 |
146 |
155 |
159 |
173 |
179 |
194 |
195 |
209 |
249 |
281 |
319 |
339 |
432 |
469 |
519 |
633 |
725 |
817 |
1776 |
Data Set 8: The data set reported by Efron34 represent the survival times of a group of patients suffering from Head and Neck cancer disease and treated using a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy (RT+CT).
0.08 |
2.09 |
3.48 |
4.87 |
6.94 |
8.66 |
13.11 |
23.63 |
0.2 |
2.23 |
3.52 |
4.98 |
6.97 |
9.02 |
13.29 |
0.4 |
2.26 |
3.57 |
5.06 |
7.09 |
9.22 |
13.8 |
25.74 |
0.5 |
2.46 |
3.64 |
5.09 |
7.26 |
9.47 |
14.24 |
25.82 |
0.51 |
2.54 |
3.7 |
5.17 |
7.28 |
9.74 |
14.76 |
6.31 |
0.81 |
2.62 |
3.82 |
5.32 |
7.32 |
10.06 |
14.77 |
32.15 |
2.64 |
3.88 |
5.32 |
7.39 |
10.34 |
14.83 |
34.26 |
0.9 |
2.69 |
4.18 |
5.34 |
7.59 |
10.66 |
15.96 |
36.66 |
1.05 |
2.69 |
4.23 |
5.41 |
7.62 |
10.75 |
16.62 |
43.01 |
1.19 |
2.75 |
4.26 |
5.41 |
7.63 |
17.12 |
46.12 |
1.26 |
2.83 |
4.33 |
5.49 |
7.66 |
11.25 |
17.14 |
79.05 |
1.35 |
2.87 |
5.62 |
7.87 |
11.64 |
17.36 |
1.4 |
3.02 |
4.34 |
5.71 |
7.93 |
11.79 |
18.1 |
1.46 |
4.4 |
5.85 |
8.26 |
11.98 |
19.13 |
1.76 |
3.25 |
4.5 |
6.25 |
8.37 |
12.02 |
2.02 |
3.31 |
4.51 |
6.54 |
8.53 |
12.03 |
|
20.28 |
2.02 |
3.36 |
6.76 |
12.07 |
21.73 |
2.07 |
3.36 |
6.93 |
8.65 |
12.63 |
22.69 |
Data Set 9: This data set represents remission times (in months) of a random sample of 128 bladder cancer patients reported in Lee & Wang.35
23 |
261 |
87 |
7 |
120 |
14 |
62 |
47 |
225 |
71 |
246 |
21 |
42 |
20 |
5 |
12 |
120 |
11 |
3 |
14 |
71 |
11 |
14 |
11 |
16 |
90 |
1 |
16 |
52 |
95 |
Data Set 10: This data set is given by Linhart & Zucchini [36], which represents the failure times of the air conditioning system of an airplane.
5.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
8 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
2 |
0.5 |
5.3 |
3.2 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
2 |
4 |
6.8 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
Data Set 11: This data set used by Bhaumik et al.,37 is vinyl chloride data obtained from clean up gradient monitoring wells in mg/l.
0.8, |
0.8, |
1.3, |
1.5, |
1.8, |
1.9, |
1.9, |
2.1, |
2.6, |
2.7, |
2.9, |
3.1, |
3.2, |
3.3, |
3.5, |
3.6, |
4.0, |
4.1, |
4.2, |
4.2, |
4.3, |
4.3, |
4.4, |
4.4, |
4.6, |
4.7, |
4.7, |
4.8, |
4.9, |
4.9, |
5.0, |
5.3, |
5.5, |
5.7, |
5.7, |
6.1, |
6.2, |
6.2, |
6.2, |
6.3, |
6.7, |
6.9, |
7.1, |
7.1, |
7.1, |
7.1, |
7.4, |
7.6, |
7.7, |
8.0, |
8.2, |
8.6, |
8.6, |
8.6, |
8.8, |
8.8, |
8.9, |
8.9, |
9.5, |
9.6, |
9.7, |
9.8, |
10.7, |
10.9, |
11.0, |
11.0, |
11.1, |
11.2, |
11.2, |
11.5, |
11.9, |
12.4, |
12.5, |
12.9, |
13.0, |
13.1, |
13.3, |
13.6, |
13.7, |
13.9, |
14.1, |
15.4, |
15.4, |
17.3, |
17.3, |
18.1, |
18.2, |
18.4, |
18.9, |
19.0, |
19.9, |
20.6, |
21.3, |
21.4, |
21.9, |
23.0, |
27.0, |
31.6, |
33.1, |
38.5 |
74 |
57 |
48 |
29 |
502 |
12 |
70 |
21 |
29 |
386 |
59 |
27 |
153 |
26 |
326 |
Data Set 13: This data is for the times between successive failures of air conditioning equipment in a Boeing 720 airplane, Proschan.38
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
4.1 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
3 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
1.6 |
2 |
Data Set 14: This data set represents the lifetime’s data relating to relief times (in minutes) of 20 patients receiving an analgesic and reported by Gross & Clark.39
18.83 |
20.8 |
21.66 |
23.03 |
23.23 |
24.05 |
24.321 |
25.5 |
25.52 |
25.8 |
26.69 |
26.77 |
26.78 |
27.05 |
27.67 |
29.9 |
31.11 |
33.2 |
33.73 |
33.76 |
33.89 |
34.76 |
35.75 |
35.91 |
36.98 |
|
37.08 |
37.09 |
39.58 |
44.05 |
45.29 |
45.381 |
Data Set 15: This data set is the strength data of glass of the aircraft window reported by Fuller et al [40].
1.312 |
1.314 |
1.479 |
1.552 |
1.7 |
1.803 |
1.861 |
1.865 |
1.944 |
1.958 |
1.966 |
1.997 |
2.006 |
2.021 |
2.027 |
2.055 |
2.063 |
2.098 |
2.14 |
2.179 |
2.224 |
2.24 |
2.253 |
|
2.27 |
2.272 |
2.274 |
2.301 |
2.301 |
2.359 |
2.382 |
2.382 |
2.426 |
2.434 |
2.435 |
|
2.478 |
2.49 |
2.511 |
2.514 |
2.535 |
2.554 |
2.566 |
2.57 |
2.586 |
2.629 |
2.633 |
|
2.642 |
2.648 |
2.684 |
2.697 |
2.726 |
2.77 |
2.773 |
2.8 |
2.809 |
2.818 |
2.821 |
|
2.848 |
2.88 |
2.954 |
3.012 |
3.067 |
3.084 |
3.09 |
3.096 |
3.128 |
3.233 |
3.433 |
|
3.585 |
3.858 |
None.
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