1. Introduction
When making decisions under uncertainty, probability distribution is very important. Its applications include signal processing, survival analysis, and reliability analysis, and also communication systems and engineering. It has been observed in the field of probability theory that typical probability models lack to describe data with non-monotonic hazard functions (NMNHF) [
1,
2]. For instance, the Weibull model [
3] cannot interpret data with a non-monotonic bath-tub hazard structure. To simulate the monotonic hazard rate, we can implement the Gamma, Gumbel type-II (GT-II), Weibull and exponential distributions, among other existing models. In the event of NMNHF, such as upside-down or bathtub-formed hazard rates, such models are neither rational nor practicable. In actuality, there are various data sets that have a non-monotonic failure rate function (FRF). To simulate both monotonic (MN) and NMHFs, one must update the existing distribution. In order to tackle this challenge, researchers are working to improve existing models. Both raising the number of factors in the benchmark model and developing a novel strategy for expanding probability models are necessary enhancements.
The idea of creating novel models by adding an additional element to a presenting group of models or mixing existing models has been a popular topic in recent studies. It enables a more adjustable model while also allowing for the modeling of more complex data structures. Yet, the most recent modification has indicated that more characteristics are required to properly understand the tails and other elements of the distribution. Applied statisticians can now obtain better results by following the latest trend, as the extended model has a higher goodness of fit to data sets than the traditional method. After proposing the beta generator [
4,
5], the invention commences. Later on, several potential generators including the Kumaraswamy-G by [
6] and the McDonald-G by [
7] are presented. Comparing the effectiveness of some probability models to that of other G-class models was equally enjoyable for experts and applied investigators. Similar studies have been reported using G-classes of distributions: Exponentiated-Generalized-G [
8], Gamma-G (type 1 and 2) [
9], Lomax-G [
10], Logistic-X [
11], Weibull-G (type 3) [
12], Odd Generalized-Exponential-G [
13], Weibull-G (type 1) [
14], and Fréchet Topp Leone-G [
15].
In the literature, there are numerous methods for making the model wider and more adaptive in order to model the data. For illustration, Aldeni et al. [
16] proposed a novel group of models centered on the quantile of the generalized lambda model. Alzaatreh et al. [
17] looked into T-normal family of models. Cordeiro et al. [
18] studied a half-Cauchy group of models that can be applied to real-world phenomena. Ref. [
19] modified [
20]’s technique by replacing the Kumaraswamy model for the beta distribution. Alpha Power Transformation (APT), which was proposed in [
21], is another method. The two-parameter Alpha Power Exponential (APE) model, which has a number of properties and ramifications, was generated using the APT technique. Many expansions of the APT techniques to modeling Weibull models have lately been tried by researchers [
22,
23]. Several investigators have utilized this transformation to generate alpha power transformed models using an APT generalized exponential model, APT inverse Lindley model [
24], and APT Lindley model [
25]. Ijaz et al. [
26] provided the Gull Alpha Power family of models (GAPF).
Extreme value models have grown in popularity as a statistical research subject in a variety of fields. Extreme point strategies are increasing in interest in a number of different zones as well. The probability of incidents that are more serious than those earlier recorded must sometimes be calculated in extreme point investigations. The Gumbel model is a valuable model in extreme value theory. It has a vast storage potential that can be used in the event of a major calamity. Life testing, fracture roughness, seismology, reliability analysis, and meteorology are only a few examples of applications for such models. Tables of life expectancy, hydrology, and rainfall can also be used. Detailed descriptions of the Gumbel distribution can be found in [
27,
28,
29,
30,
31]. It can be utilized to represent real-world data sets with monotonic failure rates, especially those with declining hazard rates. However, the majority of complex events are non-monotonic, and the Gumbel type-II (GT-II) model cannot be used to model them.
Alzaatreh [
32] and Alzaatreh et al. [
33] characterized the transformed (T)-transformer (X) family (for brief, T-X family), which marked a turning point in the G-class paradigm. This study centers on the T-X family of probability models (see Alzaatreh et al. [
32]), and leverages GT-II models’ CDF to create a generalized form referred to as the new and improved GT- II (NIGT-II) distribution. Since it can provide a broad variety of shapes for the hazard function, the NIGT-II model has a lot of versatility and will play a big part in medical and reliability investigations. We believe that NIGT-II will attract a greater range of applications and will be used to represent a variety of data types in a variety of fields. We have identified several statistical characteristics and shown how to apply the proposed probability function to both actual and simulated data. When examining any probability model, parameter estimation is essential. We employ the maximum likelihood estimation (MaxLLE) approach to evaluate the model’s undetermined parameters. References [
34,
35,
36,
37,
38,
39,
40,
41,
42,
43] contain more examples of estimation of the model’s undetermined parameters.
2. Description of Proposed Model
Let
be a PDF of
T such that
for
, and
be a function of CDF
with PDF
of any r.v.
X that
fulfils given criteria: (i)
(ii)
must be able to be differentiated and non-decreasing monotonically and (iii)
as
t and
m as
t Then, the CDF of a T-X family (see [
32]) of models is characterized by expression (1)
The CDF
in (1) can be
where
is the CDF of
T. The PDF refers to (1) given by expression (2)
Because of its usefulness, many scholars prefer to work with the T-X family methodology. Nonetheless, some new model families have been given in the literature; see [
44] for more information. We suggest a novel family of models centered on the T family in this study. Let
T ~
, with CDF and PDF having the forms as below
and letting
in (1), we get a new CDF and PDF of the novel lifetime T-X family as follows:
The GT-II model’s CDF and PDF are provided as follows.
Let
T be an r. v. such that
, and the CDF and PDF of the NIGT-II lifespan model is stated as
where
is the scale and
are the shape parameters, accordingly. The GT-II model is a particular example if we consider
. The PDF for (8) is as follows:
The phrase “failure rate function (FRF)” is frequently used in research. This phrase is used to describe the failure rate of an element over a particular time period (
t) and is expressed as
. The FRF
an excellent approach for studying reliability. The reliability function indicates the likelihood of an item surviving at time
t. It is described analytically as
. Here,
of the NIGT-II model is
The CHRF is one of the most important reliability metrics. The CHRF is a risk index: the larger
, the greater the probability of
t-time collapse.
where
is given in (11), after replacing
x by
t, we have
The Mills ratio is defined by
A Mills ratio of
X is
The odd function is defined by
The odd function is
The RHRF
(reverse hazard rate function) is defined by
The RHRF of
X is given by
Novelty and Innovation
The following are the primary contributions of this study’s innovative impact on the GT-II model utilizing the T-X approach:
A simple and quick way for improving current distributions and simple technique to incorporate an extra parameters ’’ to benchmark distribution.
The T-X method improves and enriches the distribution.
Using the T-X family to increase the features and versatility of the GT-II distribution (as motivated above). The probability density and hazard rate functions, in particular, exhibit growing, decreasing, bathtub, reverse J, increasing–decreasing and S shapes demonstrating this argument.
Current distribution features and flexibility are being improved.
The T-X method can be used to simulate both MN and NMNHF.
We get a better fit with the T-X technique than with the GT-II model.
Demonstrating a more advanced version of the GT-II model.
Examining the inferential properties of the NIGT-II model using the MaxLLE, providing a comprehensive paradigm for users.
2.1. Shape
Based on various parameter values,
Figure 1a–h depicts potential NIGT-II density shapes. The declining, bathtub, symmetric, asymmetric, and inverted J forms are among the many shapes of the PDF corresponding to
, which controls the model’s scale, as well as the two shape parameters,
and
which control the model’s shapes.
Figure 1a–h illustrates instances of such structures. FRF patterns for the NIGT-II model are shown in
Figure 2a–h. These figures demonstrate the FRF patterns, which comprise inverted J, bathtub, increasing–decreasing, and S patterns. These adjustable FRF forms are suitable for both MN and NMN failure rate characteristics, both of which are frequent in real-time applications. These types of forms are common in non-stationary lifespan events.
2.2. Simulation
The theory of a quantile function (QF) was first introduced by Hyndman and Fan [
45]. Inverting the CDF (5) yields the QF of the NIGT-II model. Let
be a variable such that
. A solution of a nonlinear equation can be used to provide an observation of
X.
Computational strategies such as Newton–Raphson techniques can be engaged to estimate
X from (17). The median of the NIGT-II model is presented here. Let
be the CDF of NIGT-II model at 0.5th quantile Q
. The median (
) can therefore be given by solving the given equation for
x.
2.3. Moments, Central Moments and Certain Related Measures
Moments can be used to investigate the model’s central tendency, skewness, dispersion, and kurtosis. If
NIGT-II
, then
moment
of
X is
Let
then
and employing series expression
in (19). The final form of
is as given, as a result of simple computations on the last expression.
The moment formula (20) can assist users in generating useful statistical indicators. In (20), for instance, the mean of X gives with The negative moment of X can be easily calculated by replacing r with in (18).
In model assessment, the MGF is frequently used. The MGF of the NIGT-II model is
The central moments of the NIGT-II model are:
The characteristic function for the NIGT-II model is evaluated as
and using exponential series, we have
As a result, we get
where
The factorial generating function of NIGT-II model is
So we can compose the integral in (29) as
The mean deviation between the mean and the median, respectively, is determined by
where
and
These metrics can be derived from the relationship that exists.
After some mathematics, (33) produce the given expressions for the NIGT-II model:
where
is given in (8).
3. The Estimation Technique with Simulation
Several parameter evaluation approaches have been established in research, but the maximum likelihood method is the most extensively engaged. As a result, we only evaluate the maximum likelihood estimation of NIGT-II’s unknown parameters from complete samples. Simulation experiments are used to explore the effectiveness of the MLE technique. Let
be a random sample and related observed values,
from the NIGT-II model with parameter vector
. Then, the joint function
of
as a log-likelihood function is
The MLEs of the parameters are provided by simultaneously solving (38)–(40). According to the simulation study, the bias and mean square error (MSEs) of MLEs reduce as
n increases, with a few exceptions, which fulfills the standard requirements of the asymptotic features of MLEs. In particular, all parameter combinations that approach zero show fluctuation in bias and MSEs. Such reflections can be found in
Table 1,
Table 2 and
Table 3. One of the most important features of the likelihood function for any probability density is that the parameter estimates obtained by MLEs must be maximum in order to ensure that such a problem is addressed. We plot the
(as shown in next section). The assessments obtained from MLEs for specified parameters are the global maximum instead of the local maximum for all parameters, as shown in next section.
4. Numerical and Graphical Analysis
The NIGT-II model’s MaxLLE estimators are not in closed form, as stated in the previous section. As a consequence, a simulation experiment is run to evaluate the performance of estimates using different metrics including MSEs, RMSE, and average bias (AB) values, as well as their asymptotic performance for finite samples. We can use numerical and graphical simulation studies to examine the finite sample behavior of MLEs. The given algorithm was used to make the decision:
1. Generate a thousand samples of size n from (9). QF accomplished all of the work and gleaned the data from a uniform model.
2. The exact values of various combinations of
and
are taken into account as set-I
, set-II
, and set-III
. The theoretical and simulated density functions of the NIGT-II distribution for these choices are shown in
Figure 3.
3. Evaluate the estimates for 1000 samples, say for .
4. Examine the AB value, as well as the MSEs and RMSEs. The following formulas are used to find these targets:
where
5. These steps have been repeated with specified parameters for MLEs for
. The bias
(
n) and MSE
(
n) have both been evaluated. To assess the quality of the estimations, we implemented R’s optim function. The findings of the experiments are shown in
Table 1,
Table 2 and
Table 3 and
Figure 4,
Figure 5 and
Figure 6. In
Figure 4,
Figure 5 and
Figure 6, the ABs and MSEs vary w.r.t.
n.
The bias gradually decreases until it reaches zero as n rises, we thus conclude that estimators have an asymptotic unbiasedness property. The MSE trend, on the other hand, implies consistency as the error approaches zero as n increases.
As mentioned in the discussion, the study’s findings are explained through figures and tables. The following are the key conclusions of the investigation:
Table 1,
Table 2 and
Table 3 indicate the RMSE, MSE and AB values of parameters for various
n, and it can be shown that MSE and RMSE decrease with increasing
n, as intended. Secondly, as
n rises, the AB decreases.
As n increases, the biases of and diminish.
Although the biases of and are predominantly negative, there are positive biases for .
The MLEs of
and
are overvalued, whereas the MLEs of
are undervalued (see
Figure 4,
Figure 5 and
Figure 6 (left panel)).
When
n rises, all bias and MSE figures for
and
ultimately approach zero, as seen in
Figure 4,
Figure 5 and
Figure 6. This highlights the precision of estimating procedures.
In comparison to the MSE of , the MSE of and is quite small.
Depending on these findings, we conclude that MLEs perform a reasonable job of estimating parameters and that values for these sample sizes appear to be reasonably stable and close to exact values. This information shows that MLEs are both efficient and consistent.
5. Illustrative Examples
The utility of the NIGT-II model for real data sets is given here. Alternatives to the NIGT-II model include the Gumbel Type-Two (GT-II) distribution. These models were compared via goodness of fit (GOF) measures such as Bayesian information criterion (BIC), Akaike information criterion (AIC), corrected Akaike information criterion (CAIC) and negative log-likelihood (NLL). The model with the smallest analytical metrics scores for real data sets may be the perfect suited. The findings of such investigations are presented in
Table 4 and
Table 5. COVID-19 data from the United Kingdom was presented in the first real data collection, which spanned 82 days from May 1 to July 16, 2021, and COVID-19 data from France was presented in the second real data collection, which spanned 108 days from March 1 to June 16, 2021; both were made available at
https://covid19.who.int/ (accessed on 3 March 2022). Abu El Azm et al. [
46] provides more information on these datasets. Other COVID-19 data applications can be found in [
47,
48]. The MaxLLE technique has been implemented to examine the relevant parameters of models. For two real data sets,
Table 4 and
Table 5 show MLEs and associated standard errors (SEs) in parenthesis. The findings in these tables show that the proposed model fits better than the benchmark model since the NIGT-II model has the smallest analytical measures.
Figure 7 and
Figure 8 illustrate the P-P patterns of the NIGT-II distribution for the two real data sets, respectively. These numbers back up the findings in
Table 4 and
Table 5 that the NIGT-II model fits the two real data sets well. For the two real data sets,
Figure 9 and
Figure 10 show profile-likelihood graphs of the NIGT-II parameters. For all estimated parameters, these plots demonstrate the unimodality of profile-likelihood functions. Finally, for both datasets, the NIGT-II model appears as the best adequate model, demonstrating its use in a practical setting.
Closing remarks on both applications
1. NIGT-II has the lowest values of analytical measures of GOF statistics, in accordance with both datasets.
2. As seen in
Figure 7 and
Figure 8, NIGT-II is the most effective model for fitting datasets I and II.
3. The GT-II distribution demonstrates a poor fit for both datasets, as shown in
Table 4 and
Table 5.
4.
Figure 9 and
Figure 10 indicated the existence of estimated parameters for the proposed model for the two real data sets, respectively.
5. The log-likelihood function has a global maximum root for the model parameters, as shown in
Figure 9 and
Figure 10.