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In this paper we propose a bimodal gamma distribution using a quadratic transformation based on the alpha-skew-normal model. We discuss several properties of this distribution such as mean, variance, moments, hazard rate and entropy…

Methodology · Statistics 2020-05-08 R. Vila , L. Ferreira , H. Saulo , F. Prataviera , E. M. M. Ortega

Probability distributions defined on the unit interval are widely used in fields ranging from econometrics to reliability studies. Traditional models such as the beta and Kumaraswamy distributions are well-established due to their…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-03-04 Roberto Vila , Helton Saulo , Poliana Matos , Subhankar Dutta

In this paper we propose a new lifetime model, called the odd generalized exponential linear failure rate distribution. Some statistical properties of the proposed distribution such as the moments, the quantiles, the median, and the mode…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-28 M. A. El-Damcese , Abdelfattah Mustafa , B. S. El-Desouky , M. E. Mustafa

A new family of continuous distribution is proposed by using Kumaraswamy-G (Cordeiro and de Castro, 2011) distribution as the base line distribution in the Marshal-Olkin (Marshall and Olkin, 1997) construction. A number of known…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-23 Laba Handique , Subrata Chakraborty

Nonparametric regression is a standard statistical tool with increased importance in the Big Data era. Boundary points pose additional difficulties but local polynomial regression can be used to alleviate them. Local linear regression, for…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2017-04-04 Srinjoy Das , Dimitris N. Politis

In this paper, we propose a novel factor-augmented forecasting regression model with a binary response variable. We develop a maximum likelihood estimation method for the regression parameters and establish the asymptotic properties of the…

Econometrics · Economics 2025-07-23 Tingting Cheng , Jiachen Cong , Fei Liu , Xuanbin Yang

In this paper a new lifetime distribution which is obtained by compounding Lindley and geometric distributions, named Lindley-geometric (LG) distribution, is introduced. Several properties of the new distribution such as density, failure…

Computation · Statistics 2012-04-20 Hojjatollah Zakerzadeh , Eisa Mahmoudi

In meta-analysis with continuous outcomes, the use of effect sizes based on the means is the most common. It is often found, however, that only the quantile summary measures are reported in some studies, and in certain scenarios, a…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-11-19 Alysha M De Livera , Luke Prendergast , Udara Kumaranathunga

In this paper considering the transformation $X=\frac{Y}{1+Y}$, where $Y \sim\text{Lindley}(\theta)$, we propose the unit-Lindley distribution and investigate some of its mathematical properties. A important fact associated with this new…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-01-09 J. Mazucheli , A. F. B. Menezes , S. Chakraborty

A key challenge in probabilistic regression is ensuring that predictive distributions accurately reflect true empirical uncertainty. Minimizing overall prediction error often encourages models to prioritize informativeness over calibration,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-02-17 Ádám Jung , Domokos M. Kelen , András A. Benczúr

This paper proposes a method for semiparametric regression analysis of large-scale data which are distributed over multiple hosts. This enables modeling of nonlinear relationships and both the batch approach, where analysis starts after all…

Methodology · Statistics 2013-06-21 Jan Luts

We consider distributed estimation of the inverse covariance matrix, also called the concentration or precision matrix, in Gaussian graphical models. Traditional centralized estimation often requires global inference of the covariance…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-06-15 Zhaoshi Meng , Dennis Wei , Ami Wiesel , Alfred O. Hero

When the rate parameter of the exponential distribution is associated with predictors, then the main interest will be how to estimate the regression parameter. In this paper, we will investigate how to estimate the parameter on the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Jiwoong Kim

A novel sequential inferential method for Bayesian dynamic generalised linear models is presented, addressing both univariate and multivariate $k$-parametric exponential families. It efficiently handles diverse responses, including…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-01-15 Mariane Branco Alves , Helio S. Migon , Silvaneo V. Santos , Raíra Marotta

Univariate normal regression models are statistical tools widely applied in many areas of economics. Nevertheless, income data have asymmetric behavior and are best modeled by non-normal distributions. The modeling of income plays an…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-07-15 Helton Saulo , Roberto Vila , Giovanna V. Borges , Marcelo Bourguignon

In this study an attempt has been made to propose a way to develop new distribution. For this purpose, we need only idea about distribution function. Some important statistical properties of the new distribution like moments, cumulants,…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-08-30 Brijesh P. Singh , Utpal Dhar Das

This paper takes a different approach for the distributed linear parameter estimation over a multi-agent network. The parameter vector is considered to be stochastic with a Gaussian distribution. The sensor measurements at each agent are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-19 Subhro Das

In this paper, we introduce the BMT distribution as an unimodal alternative to continuous univariate distributions supported on a bounded interval. The ideas behind the mathematical formulation of this new distribution come from computer…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Camilo Jose Torres-Jimenez , Alvaro Mauricio Montenegro-Diaz

Histogram-valued variables are a particular kind of variables studied in Symbolic Data Analysis where to each entity under analysis corresponds a distribution that may be represented by a histogram or by a quantile function. Linear…

Methodology · Statistics 2013-03-26 Sónia Dias , Paula Brito

We present a multi-fidelity method for uncertainty quantification of parameter estimates in complex systems, leveraging generative models trained to sample the target conditional distribution. In the Bayesian inference setting, traditional…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Caroline Tatsuoka , Minglei Yang , Dongbin Xiu , Guannan Zhang