A new extension of the two-parameter bathtub hazard shaped distribution
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Abstract
The need of new life time distributions that can be used to fit real data sets is crucial in lifetime data analysis. This article uses the two parameter bathtub (TPBT) and the generalized exponential (GE) distributions to propose a new family of lifetime distributions, named the odd generalized exponential two-parameter bathtub shaped distribution (OGE-TPBT). Statistical properties of the proposed distribution are discussed. The maximum likelihood and Bayesian procedures are used to estimate the model’s parameters and some of its reliability measures. For Bayes method, we use three approaches of the approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) method. Simulation study is provided to investigate the properties of the methods applied. Based on some well know diagnostic tests, we find out that the simulation data provided in this paper is appropriate. To discuss the possible improvements of the new distribution compared to the original two distributions (GE and TPBT) and its applicability, a real-life data set is analyzed. Based on the comparison results, we found out that the OGE-TPBT fits the data better than both the GE and TPBT distributions. Also, we used the same real data set to compare the three approaches of the ABC. Based on the comparisons results of these three approaches, we recommend the naive ABC to approximate Bayes estimations in the situation for which there is no analytic solution.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.005 | 0.020 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.005 |
| Open science | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".