In this paper we consider the Weibull distribution as a model for technical efficiency. The distribution has a shape and scale parameter like the gamma distribution and can be a reasonable competitor in practice. The techniques are illustrated using artificial data as well as a panel of Spanish dairy farms.

A weighted version of Lindley Distribution has been presented in this paper, offering a new single-parameter lifetime distribution. The expressions for the moment generating function (mgf), cumulant (cgf), characteristic function, moments, reliability and hazard rate functions distribution have also obtained. Tierney Kadane approximation method used to derive Bayes estimators its parameter (θ),...

Moments of the impulse response are widely used for interconnect delay analysis, from the explicit Elmore delay (the first moment of the impulse response) expression, to moment matching methods which creates reduced order trans-impedance and transfer function approximations. However, the Elmore delay is fast becoming ineffective for deep submicron technologies, and reduced order transfer functi...

Moments of the impulse response are widely used for interconnect delay analysis, from the explicit Elmore delay (the first moment of the impulse response) expression, to moment matching methods which creates reduced order trans-impedance and transfer function approximations. However, the Elmore delay is fast becoming ineffective for deep submicron technologies, and reduced order transfer functi...

A bivariate gamma-type density function involving a confluent hypergeometric function of two variables is being introduced. The inverse Mellin transform technique is employed in conjunction with the transformation of variable technique to obtain its moment generating function, which is expressed in terms of generalized hypergeometric functions. Its cumulative distribution function is given in c...

UNLABELLED In this paper, we propose a five-parameter lifetime model called the McDonald exponentiated gamma distribution to extend beta exponentiated gamma, Kumaraswamy exponentiated gamma and exponentiated gamma, among several other models. We provide a comprehensive mathematical treatment of this distribution. We derive the moment generating function and the rth moment. We discuss estimation...

The exponentiated gamma (EG) distribution is one of the important families of distributions in lifetime tests. In this paper, a new generalized version of this distribution which is called Transmuted exponentiated gamma (TEG) distribution is introduced. A new distribution is more flexible and has some interesting properties. A comprehensive mathematical treatment of the TEG distribution is prov...

We give an infinite family of functions involving the gamma function whose logarithmic derivatives are completely monotonic. Each such function gives rise to an infinitely divisible probability distribution. Other similar results are also obtained for specific combinations of the gamma and q-gamma functions.