Abstract:
:An extended version of Birnbaum-Saunders distribution with five parameters is introduced. Theoretical aspects of five-parameter Birnbaum-Saunders distribution and the maximum likelihood estimation of parameters are presented. The reliability and applicability of the proposed distribution is evaluated using both simulation and real-world data namely bicoid gene expression profile. The findings of this research confirm that the newly proposed five-parameter Birnbaum-Saunders distribution can be utilized to describe the distribution of bicoid gene expression profile.
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Math Bioscijournal_title
Mathematical biosciencesauthors
Hassani H,Kalantari M,Entezarian MRdoi
10.1016/j.mbs.2019.108275subject
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2020-01-01 00:00:00pages
108275eissn
0025-5564issn
1879-3134pii
S0025-5564(19)30516-4journal_volume
319pub_type
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