Abstract

In this paper, we present a new class of distributions called kumaraswamy Quasi Lindley Distribution. This class of distributions contains several distributions such as kumaraswamy Lindley distribution, Quasi Lindley, and kumaraswamy gamma distribution as special cases. The hazard function, moments and moment generating function are presented. Moreover, we discuss the maximum likelihood estimation of this distribution.

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