A New Modification in the Classical Laplace Distribution

Authors

  • J Faradmal Modelling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center and Department of Biostatistics‎, ‎School of Public Health‎, ‎Hamadan University of Medical Sciences‎, ‎Hamedan‎, ‎Iran.
  • K Lurz prognostica GmbH‎, ‎Wurzburg‎, ‎Germany
  • N Abbasi Department of Statistics‎, ‎Payame Noor University‎, ‎I‎. ‎R.‎, ‎Iran.
  • R Mahmoudvand Department of Statistics‎, ‎Bu-Ali Sina University‎, ‎Hamedan‎, ‎Iran‎.
Abstract:

‎Several modifications of the Laplace distribution have been introduced and applied in various fields up to this day‎. ‎In this paper‎,  ‎we introduce a modified symmetric version of the classical Laplace distribution‎.  ‎We provide a comprehensive theoretical description of this distribution‎. ‎In particular‎, ‎we derive the formulas for the $k$th moment‎, ‎quantiles and several useful alternative representations of the distribution‎. ‎We derive the maximum likelihood estimators of the parameters and investigate their properties via simulation‎. ‎Finally‎, ‎we analyse three real-world datasets to illustrate the usefulness of the modified classical Laplace distribution‎. ‎The results suggest that further improvement to classical Laplace distribution fitting is possible and the new model provides an attractive alternative to the classical Laplace distribution.

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volume 14  issue None

pages  93- 118

publication date 2015-12

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