Rayleigh distribution is one of the well-known continuous distribution developed by Lord Rayleigh and J.W. Strutt (1880, 1919) used in modeling lifetime data. A reciprocal transformation of Rayleigh variable generates inverse Rayleigh distribution derived by Voda (1972) which is also being used in lifetime experiments. While keeping in mind the famous of Rayleigh and inverse Rayleigh distributi...

A two parameter generalization of the Inverse Rayleigh distribution capable of modeling bathtub hazard rate function is defined and studied with application to reliability data. A comprehensive account of the mathematical properties of the modified Inverse Rayleigh distribution including estimation and simulation with its reliability behavior are discussed. An application is presented to illust...

1 Department of Statistics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Naghshejahan Institute of Higher Education, Baharestan, Isfahan, Iran. Email: [email protected] 2 Department of Statistics, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Email: [email protected] 3 Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Email: [email protected] 4 D...

Abstract: In this article, we generalize the Rayleigh distribution using the quadratic rank transmutation map studied by Shaw et al. (2009) to develop a transmuted Rayleigh distribution. We provide a comprehensive description of the mathematical properties of the subject distribution along with its reliability behavior. The usefulness of the transmuted Rayleigh distribution for modeling data is...