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Article

Exploring the Dynamics of COVID-19 with a Novel Family of Models

by
Abdulaziz S. Alghamdi
1 and
M. M. Abd El-Raouf
2,*
1
Department of Mathematics, College of Science & Arts, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 344, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia
2
Basic and Applied Science Institute, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Alexandria P.O. Box 1029, Egypt
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Mathematics 2023, 11(7), 1641; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11071641
Submission received: 11 January 2023 / Revised: 15 March 2023 / Accepted: 22 March 2023 / Published: 28 March 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Applied Probability and Statistical Inference)

Abstract

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Much effort has recently been expended in developing efficient models that can depict the true picture for COVID-19 mortality data and help scientists choose the best-fit models. As a result, this research intends to provide a new G family for both theoretical and practical scientists that solves the concerns typically encountered in both normal and non-normal random events. The new-G distribution family is able to generate efficient continuous univariate and skewed models that may outperform the baseline model. The analytic properties of the new-G family and its sub-model are investigated and described, as well as a theoretical framework. The parameters were estimated using a classical approach along with an extensive simulation study to assess the behaviour of the parameters. The efficiency of the new-G family is discussed using one of its sub-models on COVID-19 mortality data sets.

1. Introduction

Lifetime models are important for representing simple to complicated random occurrences, especially in the physical and natural sciences. In the statistical literature, many probability distributions are used to describe business failure data and are implemented in a diverse range of scenarios. Because of their established superiority in a number of contexts, gamma, lognormal, and Weibull distributions play an essential role. The one-parameter lifetime model, power function distribution (PFD), that occurs in several scientific disciplines and is a special case of uniform distribution. On the other side, the interest in the closed-form feature of PFD has grown and increased the curiosity of authors. Consequently, various generalizations and extensions have been previously established. For this, we urge the readers to look at the practices of Dallas [1], Saran and Pandey [2], Zaka et al. [3], Tahir et al. [4], Haq et al. [5], Okorie et al. [6], Hassan and Assar [7], and Meniconi and Barry [8], among others.
In several fields, actual data have been carefully modelled using a variety of classical distributions. To increase these distributions’ flexibility and goodness of fit, however, there is often an obvious need for extended versions of them. As a consequence, generated families (G families) are established by modifying the baseline distribution by one or more additional shape parameters. Some of the well-known families recently developed by notable authors include: the Marshall–Olkin family generated by [9], QRTM by [10], Beta generated by [11], Gamma generated by [12], Kumaraswamy generated by [13], T-X family generated by [14], Weibull generated by [15], Type-I-Half-Logistic generated by [16], Topp–Leone generated by [17], and new power class by [18], to mention a few. Readers who are interested in learning more about the COVID-19 mortality and the analysis are encouraged to refer to the work of Al-Babtain et al. [19], Liu et al. [20], Nagy et al. [21], Hossam et al. [22], Riad et al. [23], Alsuhabi et al. [24], and Meriem et al. [25].
In this scientific article, we are motivated to develop a simple and easy-to-understand new-G family that better depicts the complex nature of COVID-19 mortality events and assists scientists in selecting the most appropriate model. The flexible and attractive features of pdf and hrf are suitable for modelling an increasing, decreasing, upside-down bathtub-shaped failure rate and a wide range of data along with the events that are particularly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic issues in order to improve the characteristics of the baseline (parent) model and improve fit to data.
The present study is structured as follows. Section 2 presents some useful structural properties of the new family. Section 3 describes the analytical expressions and provides a graphical illustration of a new PFD. Section 4 estimates the parameters using classical techniques. Section 5 briefly illustrates the parameter behaviours based on an extensive simulation study. Section 6 describes the application of the proposed new-PFD to the COVID-19 mortality rate data along with a comparison with other well-known competitors. A summary and conclusions are stated in Section 7, and last, future recommendations are illustrated in Section 8.

2. The New Family of Distributions

New sub-models and corresponding baseline models see (Table 1)
Definition 1. 
If X ~ new-G ( x ; α , Θ ) with scale ( α  > 0) and vector space ( Θ ), the cdf ( F x ; Θ ) of the new-G is presented as follows:
F x ; α , Θ = 1 + α G x ; Θ α G x ; Θ 2 α > 0 , x R .
Definition 2. 
If X ~ new-G ( x ; α , Θ ) with scale ( α  > 0) and vector space ( Θ ), the pdf ( f x ; Θ ) of the new-G is presented as follows:
f x ; α , Θ = g x ; Θ 1 + α G x ; Θ l o g 1 + α 2 g x ; Θ G x ; Θ α G x ; Θ 2 l o g α α > 0 , x R .
Definition 3. 
If X ~ new-G ( x ; α , Θ ) with scale ( α  > 0) and vector space ( Θ ), the survival function (s f x ; Θ ) of the new-G is presented as follows:
s f x ; α , Θ = 1 1 + α G x ; Θ + α G x ; Θ 2 k > 0 , x R .
Definition 4. 
If X ~ new-G ( x ; α , Θ ) with scale ( α  > 0) and vector space ( Θ ), the hazard rate function (hr f x ; α , Θ ) of the new-G is presented as follows:
h r f x ; α , Θ = g x ; Θ 1 + α G x ; Θ l o g 1 + α 2 G x ; Θ α G x ; Θ 2 l o g α 1 1 + α G x ; Θ + α G x ; Θ 2 α > 0 , x R .
Definition 5. 
If X ~ new-G ( x ; α , θ ) with scale ( α  > 0) and vector space ( Θ ), r-th moments about origin (say μ r x ; α , Θ = + x r f x ; α , Θ d x ) is presented as follows:
μ r x ; α , Θ = l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! + x r g x ; Θ G x ; Θ l d x 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! + x r g x ; Θ G x ; Θ l + 1 d x α > 0 , x R .
It would be more precise to say that μ r x ; α , Θ is
μ r x ; α , Θ = l = 0 Φ l + 1 I r , l 2 Φ l + 1 I r , l + 1 α > 0 , x R
First incomplete moments ( ψ 1 x ; α , Θ ), which might be more helpful in the discussion of Bonferroni and Lorenz curves, could be more conveniently derived with the assistance of μ r x ; α , Θ . Hence, ψ 1 x ; α , Θ can be presented as follows:
ψ 1 x ; α , Θ = l = 0 Φ l + 1 I 1 , t , l 2 Φ l + 1 I 1 , t , l + 1 α > 0 , x R
where I r , l = + x r g x ; Θ G x ; Θ l d x , I r , l + 1 = + x r g x ; Θ G x ; Θ l + 1 d x , I 1 , t , l = t x g x ; Θ G x ; Θ l d x , I 1 , t , l + 1 = t x g x ; Θ G x ; Θ l + 1 d x , and Φ l + 1 = l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! .
It is important to keep in mind that the integrals may be computed numerically for the baseline models.

2.1. Asymptotics

The asymptotic for new-G ( x ; α , Θ ) cdf, pdf, sf, and hrf at lim x 0 and l i m x are, respectively, presented as follows:
1 - lim x 0 F 0 ; α , Θ = 0 ,   and   lim x F ; α , Θ = 1 . 2 - lim x 0 f 0 ; α , Θ = g x ; Θ l o g 1 + α ,   and   lim x f ; α , Θ = g x ; Θ 1 + α l o g 1 + α 2 α l o g α . 3 - lim x 0 s f 0 ; α , Θ = 1 ,   and   lim x s f ; α , Θ = 0 . 4 - lim x 0 h r f 0 ; α , Θ = g x ; Θ l o g 1 + α ,   and   lim x h r f ; α , Θ = undefined .

2.2. Useful Representation

Mixture representation (MR) is very common and useful to discuss complex type characteristics of pdf and cdf. The cdf of new-G in terms of MR
F M R x ; α , Θ = i = 0 l o g 1 + α i i ! G x ; Θ i l o g α i i ! G x ; Θ 2 i α > 0 , x R ,
and pdf are, respectively, presented as follows:
f M R x ; α , Θ = g x ; Θ l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! G x ; Θ l 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! G x ; Θ l + 1 α > 0 , x R

2.3. Order Statistics (OS)

Suppose X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , , X n are (iid) independent and identically distributed, random variables (RVs) from the new-G family of distributions. The pdf of the j-th OS X j : n is presented by
f j : n x ; α , Θ = f x ; α , Θ B j , n j + 1 m = 0 n j 1 m n j m F x ; α , Θ m + j 1 .
One can easily determine the pdf of the j-th OS by placing the pertaining information into (1) and (2).

2.4. Entropy

This section gives a brief demonstration of the Rényi entropy measure (RE), the Tsallis entropy measure (TE), as well as the Havrda and Charvat entropy measure (HCE), all of which are formally derived in Section 2.4.1, Section 2.4.2 and Section 2.4.3, respectively.

2.4.1. Rényi Entropy

If X ~ new-G ( x ; α , Θ ) with scale α > 0 and vector space Θ the R E x ; α , Θ of the new-G is defined as follows:
R E x ; α , Θ = 1 1 Ω l o g + f x ; α , Θ Ω d x .
By solving (2) in terms of Ω as
f x ; α , Θ Ω = g x ; Θ 1 + α G x ; Θ l o g 1 + α 2 g x ; Θ G x ; Θ α G x ; Θ 2 l o g α Ω α , Ω > 0 , Ω 1 , x R .
As we know all that in (6)
g x ; Θ 1 + α G x ; Θ l o g 1 + α > 2 g x ; Θ G x ; Θ α G x ; Θ 2 l o g α .
Hence, we consider the term g x ; Θ 1 + α G x ; Θ l o g 1 + α as common, and we get the simplified form of f x ; α , Θ Ω as
f x ; α , Θ Ω = l 1 = 0 Ω l 1 1 l 1 2 g x ; Θ G x ; Θ α G x ; Θ 2 l o g α l 1 × l o g 1 + α g x ; Θ 1 + α G x ; Θ Ω l 1 .
Now simplify,
α l 1 G x ; Θ 2 = e l 1 G x ; Θ 2 l o g α = l 2 = 0 l 1 l o g α l 2 l 2 ! G x ; Θ 2 l 2 ,
and
1 + α Ω l 1 G x ; Θ = e Ω l 1 G x ; Θ l o g 1 + α = l 3 = 0 l o g 1 + α l 3 l 3 ! Ω l 1 l 3 G x ; Θ l 3 ,
and substitute (8) into (7), we get
f x ; α , Θ Ω = l 1 , l 2 , l 3 = 0 Ω l 1 l 1 l 2 l o g 1 + α Ω l 1 + l 3 l 2 ! l 3 ! l o g α l 1 + l 2 1 l 1 2 l 1 Ω l 1 l 3 g x ; Θ Ω G x ; Θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 α , Ω > 0 , Ω 1 , x R .
Hence, we get the final form of the R E x ; Θ when (9) is placed into (5):
R E x ; α , Θ = 1 1 Ω l o g l 1 , l 2 , l 3 = 0 Ω l 1 l 1 l 2 l o g 1 + α Ω l 1 + l 3 l 2 ! l 3 ! l o g α l 1 + l 2 1 l 1 2 l 1 Ω l 1 l 3 g x ; Θ Ω G x ; Θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 α , Ω > 0 , Ω 1 , x R .

2.4.2. Tsallis Entropy

If X ~ new-G ( x ; α , Θ ) with scale α > 0 and vector space  Θ , the T E x ; α , Θ of the new-G is defined as follows:
T E x ; α , Θ = 1 1 Ω + f x ; Θ Ω d x 1 .
Hence, we get the final form of the T E x ; Θ when (9) is placed into (10):
T E x ; α , Θ = 1 1 Ω l 1 , l 2 , l 3 = 0 Ω l 1 l 1 l 2 l o g 1 + α Ω l 1 + l 3 l 2 ! l 3 ! l o g α l 1 + l 2 1 l 1 2 l 1 Ω l 1 l 3 g x ; Θ Ω G x ; Θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 1 α , Ω > 0 , Ω 1 , x R .

2.4.3. Havrda and Charvat Entropy

If X ~ new-G ( x ; α , Θ ) with scale α > 0 and vector space Θ , the H C E x ; α , Θ of the new-G is defined as follows:
H C E x ; α , Θ = 1 2 1 Ω 1 + f x ; Θ Ω d x 1 .
Hence, we get the final form of the H C E x ; Θ when (9) is placed into (11):
H C E x ; α , Θ = A l 1 , l 2 , l 3 = 0 Ω l 1 l 1 l 2 l o g 1 + α Ω l 1 + l 3 l 2 ! l 3 ! l o g α l 1 + l 2 1 l 1 2 l 1 Ω l 1 l 3 g x ; Θ Ω G x ; Θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 1 α , Ω > 0 , Ω 1 , x R ,
where A = 1 2 1 Ω 1 .

2.5. Inference

Let X j ~ new-G ( x j ; α , Θ ) with scale α > 0 and vector space Θ T , then the log-likelihood l Θ from a random sample of size n is given by
l ϑ x ; α , Θ = j = 1 n l o g g x ; Θ + j = 1 n l o g 1 + α G x ; Θ l o g 1 + α 2 G x ; Θ α G x ; Θ 2 l o g α α > 0 , x R .
The ML estimator ϑ = α , Θ T can be derived by maximizing the l ϑ x ; Θ or solving the nonlinear likelihood equations simultaneously by differentiating (12). The partial derivative of l ϑ x ; Θ is provided in the following form for both α and Θ , respectively:
l ϑ x ; α , Θ α = 1 p 1 p 2 1 + α G x ; Θ 1 + α + l o g 1 + α 2 1 + α G x ; Θ ,
l ϑ x ; α , Θ Θ = 1 p 1 p 2 j = 1 n l o g 1 + α 2 1 + α G x ; Θ 2 l o g α 1 + 2 G x ; Θ 2 l o g α G x ; Θ Θ ,
where p 1 = 1 + α G x ; Θ l o g 1 + α and p 2 = 2 G x ; Θ α G x ; Θ 2 l o g α .

3. Mathematical Characteristics of Sub-Model

The PFD, which has cdf x / M θ and pdf θ / M x / M θ 1 , θ > 0 , M x , is a well-known simple function with powerful characteristics, and is consider for detailed discussion in this section. The cdf, pdf, sf, and hrf of the new-PFD can be illustrated, respectively, as follows:
F x = 1 + α x M θ α x M 2 θ k , θ > 0 , M x ,
f x = θ M x M θ 1 1 + α x M θ l o g 1 + α 2 x M θ α x M 2 θ l o g α α , θ > 0 , M x ,
s f x = 1 1 + α x M θ + α x M 2 θ α , θ > 0 , M x ,
h r f x = θ M x M θ 1 1 + α x M θ l o g 1 + α 2 x M θ α x M 2 θ l o g α 1 1 + α x M θ + α x M 2 θ α , θ > 0 , M x .

3.1. Useful Representation

The MR, which is developed for pdf of the new-PFD, will be very useful for deriving moments and other characteristics. The analytical expression of the MR is presented as follows:
f M R x = l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .

3.2. Moments and Related Measures

Theorem 1. 
If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; α , θ ) with α , θ > 0 and M x , r-th moments about origin (say μ r x ) is presented as follows:
μ r x = l = 0 θ M r l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Proof. 
The μ r x is denoted by
μ r x = 0 M x r f x d x .
By substituting the analytical expression from (17), we get
μ r x = 0 M x r l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
The last expression of μ r x can be expressed as follows:
μ r x = j = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 0 M x r + θ 1 l + 1 d x 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 0 M x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
Here, we explore all possible shapes that the new-PFD may have for different combinations of parameters. Figure 1 shows all of the pdf curves that are possible and Figure 2 presents the flexible shapes that clearly depict the increasing and bathtub-shaped curves of hrf.
By applying simple mathematics to the last expression, we get the final analytical expression of the r-th moments about the origin of the new-PFD and it is presented as follows:
μ r x = l = 0 θ M r l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Corollary 1. 
By placing r = 1,2,3,4,-v, and −1 in (18), we get the 1st four moments (say μ 1 x , μ 2 x , μ 3 x , μ 4 x ), negative moments (say μ v x ), harmonic mean (say μ 1 x ), and variance ( V a r x ) of the new-PFD and the analytical expressions are, respectively, presented as follows:
μ 1 x = l = 0 θ M l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x ,
μ 2 x = l = 0 θ M 2 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 3 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x ,
μ 3 x = l = 0 θ M 3 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 3 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 4 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x ,
μ 4 x = l = 0 θ M 4 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 4 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 4 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x ,
μ v x = l = 0 θ M v l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ v + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 1 v + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x ,
μ 1 x = l = 0 θ M l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ 1 + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x ,
V a r x = l = 0 θ M 2 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 3 + θ 1 l + 2 l = 0 θ M l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ 1 l + 2 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
It is worth noting that μ 2 x = μ 2 x μ 1 x 2 ; μ 3 x = 2 μ 1 x 3 3 μ 2 x μ 1 x μ 3 x ; and μ 4 x = μ 4 x 3 μ 1 x 4 + 6 μ 1 x 2 μ 2 x 4 μ 3 x μ 1 x . Furthermore, the coefficient of skewness and coefficient of kurtosis is easily determined by τ 1 x = μ 3 x 2 μ 2 x 3 and τ 2 x = μ 4 x μ 2 x 2 , respectively.
Theorem 2. 
If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; α , θ ) with α , θ > 0 and M x , the moment generating function (say M G F x ) is presented as follows:
M G F x = r = 0 t r r ! l = 0 θ M r l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Proof. 
The M G F x is denoted by
M G F x = 0 M e t x f x d x .
By following (17),
M G F x = 0 M e t x l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
We can write e t x a s r = 0 t r / r ! x r . Hence, by following (17), M G F x of the new-PFD is derived after applying a few mathematical steps, and the analytical expression of M G F x can be presented as follows:
M G F x = r = 0 t r r ! l = 0 θ M r l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Theorem 3. 
If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; α , θ ) with α , θ > 0 and M x , the characteristic function (say C F x ) is presented as follows:
C F x = r = 0 i t r r ! l = 0 θ M r l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Proof. 
The C F x is denoted by
C F x = 0 M e i t x f x d x .
By following (17),
C F x = 0 M e i t x l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
We can write e i t x a s r = 0 i t r / r ! x r . Hence, by following (17), C F x of the new-PFD is derived after applying a few mathematical steps, and the analytical expression of C F x can be presented as follows:
C F x = r = 0 i t r r ! l = 0 θ M r l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Theorem 4. 
If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; α , θ ) with α , θ > 0 and M x , the Millan transformation (say M T x ) is presented as follows:
M T x = l = 0 θ M y 1 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! y 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! y + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Proof. 
The M T x is denoted by
M T x = 0 M x y 1 f x d x .
By following (17),
M T x = 0 M x y 1 l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
We can describe M T x of the new-PFD after applying a few mathematical steps, and the analytical expression of M T x can be presented as follows:
μ M T / x = l = 0 θ M y 1 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! y 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! y + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Theorem 5. 
If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; α , θ ) with α , θ > 0 and M x , the harmonic mean (say H M x ) is presented as follows:
H M x = l = 0 θ M l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Proof. 
The H M x is denoted by
H M x = 0 M 1 / x f x d x .
By following (17),
H M x = 0 M 1 / x l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
We can describe H M x of the new-PFD after applying a few mathematical steps, and the analytical expression of H M x can be presented as follows:
H M x = l = 0 θ M l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ 1 + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Theorem 6. 
If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; α , θ ) with α , θ > 0 and M x , the p-th incomplete moment (say I C M p ) is presented as follows:
I C M p = l = 0 θ t l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! p + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! p + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Proof. 
The I C M p is denoted by
I C M p = 0 t x p f x d x .
By following (17),
I C M p = 0 t x p l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
We can describe I C M p of the new-PFD after applying a few mathematical steps, and the analytical expression of I C M p can be presented as follows:
I C M p = θ t p l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
Corollary 2. 
By placing p = 1 in I C M p (last expression), we get the 1st incomplete moment (say I C M 1 ) of the new-PFD and the analytical expression is presented as follows:
I C M 1 = l = 0 θ t l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 α , θ > 0 , M x .
It is worth noting that the Bonferroni and Lorenz curves have major implementation in I C M 1 and they are well-defined as B p = I C M t 1 / μ 1 x and L p = I C M p 1 / p μ 1 x , respectively. There are many applications for these curves in fields such as economics, demography, insurance, engineering, and medicine. Mean residual life and mean waiting time (see Section 3.3.1) are two further examples of contexts in which the first incomplete instant is useful.
Theorem 7. 
If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; α , θ ) with α , θ > 0 and M x , the vitality function (say V T x ) is presented as follows:
V T x = 1 s f x l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ 1 l + 2 θ M x α , θ > 0 , M x .
Proof. 
The V T x is denoted by
V T x = 1 s f x x M x f x d x .
By following (17),
V T x = 1 s f x x M x l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
We can describe V T x of the new-PFD after applying a few mathematical steps, and the analytical expression of V T x can be presented as follows:
V T x = 1 s f x l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ 1 l + 2 θ M x α , θ > 0 , M x .
Theorem 8. 
If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; α , θ ) with α , θ > 0 and M x , conditional moments (say C M x x > v ) are presented as follows:
C M x x > v = 1 s f v l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ 1 l + 2 θ M x α , θ > 0 , M x .
Proof. 
The C M x x > v is denoted by
C M x x > v = 1 s f v v M x r f x d x .
By following (17),
C M x x > v = 1 s f v v M x r l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l θ 1 x θ 1 l + 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! θ M θ + l + 1 θ 1 x θ 1 l + 2 d x α , θ > 0 , M x .
We can describe C M x x > v of the new-PFD after applying a few mathematical steps, and the analytical expression of C M x x > v can be presented as follows:
C M x x > v = 1 s f v l = 0 l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! r + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! r + 1 + θ 1 l + 2 × θ M r v r α , θ > 0 , M x .

3.3. Residuals and Related Measures

Residual function (say RL) and reverse RL of the new-PFD is described as R w x = S x + w / S w α , θ > 0 , M x and R w x = S x w / S w α , θ > 0 , M x , respectively. The analytical expressions are, respectively, presented as follows:
R w x = 1 1 + α x + w M θ + α x + w M 2 θ α , θ > 0 , M x ,
R w x = 1 1 + α x w M θ + α x w M 2 θ α , θ > 0 , M x .

3.3.1. Mean Residual and Mean Inactivity Time

Mean RL and mean inactivity time (MIT) of the new-PFD are described as: M R L w x = 1 I C M 1 S w w α , θ > 0 , M x and M I T w x = w I C M 1 F w α , θ > 0 , M x , respectively, and are presented as follows:
M R L w x = 1 l = 0 θ t l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ 1 l + 2 S w w α , θ > 0 , M x ,
M I T w x = w l = 0 θ t l o g 1 + α l + 1 l ! 1 + θ + l θ 1 2 l o g α l + 1 l ! 2 + θ 1 l + 2 F w α , θ > 0 , M x .

3.4. Entropy

This section gives a brief demonstration of the Rényi entropy measure (RE), the Tsallis entropy measure (TE), as well as the Havrda and Charvat entropy measure (HCE), all of which are formally derived in Section 3.4.1, Section 3.4.2 and Section 3.4.3, respectively.

3.4.1. Rényi Entropy

If X ~ new-G ( x ; Θ ) with scale α > 0 and vector space Θ the R E x ; Θ of the new-PFD is defined as follows:
R E x = 1 1 Ω l o g 0 M f x ; Θ Ω d x .
We get the simplified form of f x ; Θ Ω by solving (6) in terms of Ω ,
f x ; Θ Ω = l 1 , l 2 , l 3 = 0 Ω l 1 l 1 l 2 l o g 1 + α Ω l 1 + l 3 l 2 ! l 3 ! l o g α l 1 + l 2 1 l 1 2 l 1 Ω l 1 l 3 θ Ω M Ω θ + θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 x Ω θ 1 + θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 α , Ω > 0 , Ω 1 , x R .
Hence, the final form of R E x ; Θ is obtained when (20) is placed into (19)
R E x = 1 1 Ω l o g l 1 , l 2 , l 3 = 0 Ω l 1 l 1 l 2 l o g 1 + α Ω l 1 + l 3 l 2 ! l 3 ! l o g α l 1 + l 2 1 l 1 2 l 1 Ω l 1 l 3 θ Ω M 1 Ω Ω θ 1 + θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 + 1 α , Ω , θ > 0 , Ω 1 , x R .

3.4.2. Tsallis Entropy

If X ~ new-PFD ( x ; Θ ) with scale α > 0 and vector space Θ , the T E x ; Θ of the new-PFD is defined as follows:
T E x = 1 1 Ω + f x ; Θ Ω d x 1 .
Hence, we get the final form of T E x ; Θ when (20) is placed into (21)
T E x = 1 1 Ω l 1 , l 2 , l 3 = 0 Ω l 1 l 1 l 2 l o g 1 + α Ω l 1 + l 3 l 2 ! l 3 ! l o g α l 1 + l 2 1 l 1 2 l 1 Ω l 1 l 3 θ Ω M 1 Ω Ω θ 1 + θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 + 1 1 α , Ω , θ > 0 , Ω 1 , x R .

3.4.3. Havrda and Charvat Entropy

If X ~ new-G ( x ; Θ ) with scale α > 0 and vector space Θ , the H C E x ; Θ of the new-G is defined as follows:
H C E x = A + f x ; Θ Ω d x 1 .
Hence, we get the final form of H C E x ; Θ when (20) is placed into (22)
H C E x = A l 1 , l 2 , l 3 = 0 Ω l 1 l 1 l 2 l o g 1 + α Ω l 1 + l 3 l 2 ! l 3 ! l o g α l 1 + l 2 1 l 1 2 l 1 Ω l 1 l 3 θ Ω M 1 Ω Ω θ 1 + θ l 1 + 2 l 2 + l 3 + 1 1 α , Ω , θ > 0 , Ω 1 , x R ,
where A = 1 2 1 Ω 1 . It should be noted that any software, such as R or Mathematica, can easily perform its numerical analysis.

3.5. Order Statistics (OS)

Suppose X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , , X n be (iid) independent, identically distributed, random variables (RVs) from the new-G family of distributions. The pdf and cdf of the j-th OS X j : n are, respectively, presented by
f j : n x = 1 B a , b F x j 1 f x 1 F x n j .
f j : n x = 1 B a , b 1 + α x M θ α x M 2 θ j 1 × θ M x M θ 1 1 + α x M θ l o g 1 + α 2 x M θ α x M 2 θ l o g α × 1 1 + α x M θ + α x M 2 θ n j ,
and
F j : n x = r = i n n r F x r 1 F x n r ,
F j : n x = r = i n n r 1 + α x M θ α x M 2 θ r 1 1 + α x M θ + α x M 2 θ n r ,
where B a , b = B j , n j + 1 . It is worth noting that the minimum and maximum OS pdf are obtained by substituting in n = 0 and n = 1, respectively.

4. Inference

This section briefly illustrates the performance of our estimation methods as presented in (Section 4.1, Section 4.2, Section 4.3, Section 4.4, Section 4.5 and Section 4.6). For this, cdf (5) is considered our baseline model.

4.1. Maximum Likelihood Estimation Method (MLE)

Let X j ~ new-PFD ( x j ; α , θ ) with scale α > 0 and shape θ parameters, then the log-likelihood l x from a random sample x1, x2, x3, …, xn of size n from (6), is given by
l x = n l o g θ n θ l o g M + θ 1 j = 1 n l o g x j + j = 1 n l o g p 1 p 2 α , θ > 0 , M x j .
The partial derivative of l Θ is provided in the following form for both α and θ , respectively:
l x α = j = 1 n 1 p 1 p 2 1 + α x j M θ 1 x j M θ l o g 1 + α + 1 2 α x j M 2 θ 1 x j M θ x j M 2 θ l o g α + 1 ,
l x θ = n 1 θ l o g M + j = 1 n l o g x j + j = 1 n 1 p 1 p 2 l o g x j M 1 + α x j M θ l o g 1 + α 2 4 α x j M 2 θ l o g α 2 x j M θ 2 α x j M 2 θ l o g α x j M θ ,
where p 1 = 1 + α x j M θ l o g 1 + α and p 2 = 2 x j M θ α x j M 2 θ l o g α .

4.2. Anderson–Darling Estimation Method (ADE-M)

Let X j ~ new-PFD ( x j ; α , θ ) with scale α > 0 and shape θ parameter, then the estimators of our proposed family is obtained by the Anderson–Darling estimation by minimizing the following expression:
A D E M = n 1 n j = 1 n 2 j 1 l o g F x j : n + l o g 1 F x j : n .

4.3. Cram’er–Von Mises Estimation Method (CVME-M)

Let X j ~ new-PFD ( x j ; α , θ ) with scale α > 0 and shape θ parameter, then the estimators of our proposed family is obtained by the Cram´er–von Mises estimation by minimizing the following expression:
C V M E M = 1 12 n + j = 1 n F x j : n 2 j 1 2 n 2 .

4.4. Least Squares Estimation Method (LSE-M)

Let X j ~ new-PFD ( x j ; α , θ ) with scale α > 0 and shape θ parameter, then the estimators of our proposed family is obtained by the least-squares estimation by minimizing the following expression:
L S E M = j = 1 n F x j : n j n + 1 2 .

4.5. Weighted Least-Squares Estimation Method (WLSE-M)

Let X j ~ new-PFD ( x j ; α , θ ) with scale α > 0 and shape θ parameter, then the estimators of our proposed family is obtained by the weighted least-squares estimation by minimizing the following expression:
W L S E M = n + 1 2 n + 2 j n j + 1 j = 1 n F x j : n j n + 1 2 .

4.6. Maximum Product of Spacings Estimation Method (MPSE-M)

Let X j ~ new-PFD ( x j ; α , θ ) with scale α > 0 and shape θ parameter, then the estimators of our proposed family is obtained by the maximum product of the spacings estimation by maximizing the following expression:
M P S E M = 1 n + 1 j = 1 n + 1 l o g F x j F x j 1 2 .

5. Simulation Study

The simulation work is one of the most vital components of any kind of paper. The purpose of this part is to investigate the performance of the estimation techniques that have been presented in order to estimate the parameters of the new-PFD utilizing the results of thorough simulations. We used different sample sizes along with different values of parameters, as we can see in Table 2, Table 3, Table 4 and Table 5. We observed that the average absolute biases ( B I A S ), mean square errors (MSEs), and mean relative errors (MREs) decreased as the sample size increased for all parameter values. Now, we can conclude that all estimates have the consistency property and all estimation methods performed well. This simulation study is based on the following algorithm:
  • We set the beginning values for the parameters of our suggested model.
  • From our suggested model, we have produced random data sets using the inverse of cdf.
  • Use several estimate techniques to find estimators for our proposed model.
  • Calculate the bias, MSE, and MRE for each estimator using each estimating technique.
  • Repeat steps 1 through 4, 500 times.
B I A S = 1 500 k = 1 500 Λ ^ Λ ,
M S E s = 1 500 k = 1 500 Λ ^ Λ 2 ,
M R E s = 1 500 k = 1 500 Λ ^ Λ / Λ .

6. Analysis of COVID-19 Data

The new-PFD and well-known competitors were statistically analysed using the COVID-19 data.
The first data set describes 76-day COVID-19 mortality rates in the United Kingdom (15 April to 30 June 2020). The second data set describes the daily death toll in Europe as specified in the COVID-19 data (1 March to 30 March). The third data set describes the daily death toll in China as specified in the COVID-19 data (23 January to 28 January). The fourth data set describes the mortality rates from COVID-19 data for the United Kingdom for 24 days (15 October to 7 November 2020). The fifth data set describes the mortality rates from COVID-19 data for Nepal (23 January 2020 to 24 December 2020). The sixth data set describes the mortality rates from COVID-19 data for the Netherlands for 30 days (31 March 2020 to 30 April 2020). The seventh data set describes the mortality rates from COVID-19 data for Italy for a period of 59 days (27 February 2020 to 27 April 2020).
Table 6, Table 7, Table 8, Table 9, Table 10, Table 11 and Table 12 present estimates and fitted measures for all COVID-19 mortality datasets. The definition of a better model fit is quite straightforward: when the model is used, the model is considered to be a better fit if the minimum results (see Table 6, Table 7, Table 8, Table 9, Table 10, Table 11 and Table 12) of Akaike information criterion (AIC), Cramer-von Mises (CVM), Anderson Darling (AD), sum of square (SS), and Kolmogorov–Smirnov (KS) (with a high p-value of KS) are met. The acknowledged statistical measures are defined as follows:
AIC   =   2 k 2 l o g L L ,
CVM = 1 12 n + j = 1 n F x j : n 2 j 1 2 n 2 ,
AD = n 1 n j = 1 n 2 j 1 l o g F x j : n + l o g 1 F x j : n ,
KS = sup x F x j : n F x
SS   = j = 1 n F x j : n j 0.375 n + 0.250 2 ,
where k is the number of parameters being used and LL is the log-likelihood of the models being used.
When compared to well-known models such as Tr-PF by Haq et al. [5], Kum-PF by Moniem [26], OGE-PF by Tahir et al. [27], PF-I and NG-PF by Hassan and Nassr [28], ZTP-PF by Okorie et al. [29], and MOE-PF by Okorie et al. [30], the proposed new-PFD better fits the COVID-19 mortality rates in the United Kingdom, Europe, China, the United Kingdom, Nepal, the Netherlands, and Italy. All these data sets are publicly accessible on the official website [https://covid19.who.int/] (15 December 2022) and are provided in Appendix A. The required calculations were carried out via the R programme.
The following are some of the outcomes. Based on the findings shown in Table 6, Table 7, Table 8, Table 9, Table 10, Table 11 and Table 12, we are able to draw the conclusion that the new-PFD is superior to all of its rivals. It is clear that the new-PFD is preferable since it had the lowest K-S values and the greatest p-values. In addition, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6, Figure 7, Figure 8 and Figure 9 exhibit fitted versions of the pdf, cdf, PP, sf, TTT, and box plots for the new-PFD for each of the seven COVID-19 mortality data sets, respectively. These figures pertain to the new-PFD.

7. Summary and Conclusions

We came up with the idea for a completely new, continuously generated (G) family that is better and more versatile, and we called it the new-G family of distributions. Its mathematical properties, such as cdf, pdf, sf, hrf, asymptotic, OS, and related measures of entropy, have been thoroughly discussed. We investigate every conceivable form that the new-PFD pdf and hrf may have for a variety of parameter combinations, which allows for a greater degree of flexibility in the way it models COVID-19 mortality data. The increasing, decreasing, and bathtub-shaped behaviour of the pdf and hrf of the new-PFD are all represented by flexible forms in a simple and concise manner. In addition, using a full sample as a foundation, we generated random samples to use in our simulation study. From Table 2, Table 3, Table 4 and Table 5, we were able to draw the conclusion that all estimates have the consistency property and all estimation methods performed well. We also performed an analysis on the COVID-19 mortality data related to United Kingdom, Europe, China, Nepal, Netherlands, and Italy, in order to determine the advantages that the proposed new-PFD model has over some of its rivals. Our findings indicate that the new-PFD is a better fit for the data than the distributions that were used in the competing models. In addition to this, we drew the fitted pdf, cdf, PP, and sf plots for the new-PFD for each of the seven COVID-19 mortality data sets, in corresponding order.
We consider that better results can be achieved in COVID-19 mortality data set analysis through the use of the new family because it is more flexible and better able to model the complex patterns of spread and variation in the data. The new family has several characteristics that make them well-suited for modelling COVID-19 mortality data, such as the ability to model heavy tails, skewness, and multimodality, which are often observed in COVID-19 mortality data sets. Additionally, the new family is able to capture the dynamic nature of the spread of the virus, which is critical for understanding the effectiveness of containment measures. These are the reasons why the new family is considered a better model for COVID-19 mortality data set analysis.

8. Future Recommendations

We would be glad to let the researchers have a chance to find out more about what we are doing. Thus, to avoid a lengthy wait for mortality, we suggest instead addressing the proposed study on the censored sample of COVID-19 infections. Furthermore, we want to include it into other regression models to forecast future rates of infection and death across many nations, and to expand upon the proposed work to develop a time series model for the most common diseases. Furthermore, the new family can be used to estimate the probability of large outbreaks and predict the future spread of the virus.

Author Contributions

Methodology, A.S.A.; Validation, M.M.A.E.-R.; Investigation, A.S.A.; Resources, M.M.A.E.-R. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Data Availability Statement

All data exists in the paper with references.

Conflicts of Interest

There are no conflict of interest for any of the authors.

Appendix A

The following data is discussed in the numerical study.
  • Application I: United Kingdom COVID-19 Mortality Rate
0.0587, 0.0863, 0.1165, 0.1247, 0.1277, 0.1303, 0.1652, 0.2079, 0.2395, 0.2751, 0.2845, 0.2992, 0.3188, 0.3317, 0.3446, 0.3553, 0.3622, 0.3926, 0.3926, 0.4110, 0.4633, 0.4690, 0.4954, 0.5139, 0.5696, 0.5837, 0.6197, 0.6365, 0.7096, 0.7193, 0.7444, 0.8590, 1.0438, 1.0602, 1.1305, 1.1468, 1.1533, 1.2260, 1.2707, 1.3423, 1.4149, 1.5709, 1.6017, 1.6083, 1.6324, 1.6998, 1.8164, 1.8392, 1.8721, 1.9844, 2.1360, 2.3987, 2.4153, 2.5225, 2.7087, 2.7946, 3.3609, 3.3715, 3.7840, 3.9042, 4.1969, 4.3451, 4.4627, 4.6477, 5.3664, 5.4500, 5.7522, 6.4241, 7.0657, 7.4456, 8.2307, 9.6315, 10.1870, 11.1429, 11.2019, 11.4584.
  • Application II: Europe COVID-19 Mortality Rate
6, 18, 29, 28, 47, 55, 40, 150, 129, 184, 236, 237, 336, 219, 612, 434, 648, 706, 838, 1129, 1421, 118, 116, 1393, 1540, 1941, 2175, 2278, 2824, 2803, 2667.
  • Application III: China COVID-19 Mortality Rate
8, 16, 15, 24, 26, 26, 38, 43, 46, 45, 57, 64, 65, 73, 73, 86, 89, 97, 108, 97, 146, 121, 143, 142, 105, 98, 136, 114, 118, 109, 97, 150, 71, 52, 29, 44, 47, 35, 42, 31, 38, 31, 30, 28, 27, 22, 17, 22, 11, 7, 13, 10, 14, 13, 11, 8, 3, 7, 6, 9, 7, 4, 6, 5, 3, 5.
  • Application IV: United Kingdom COVID-19 Mortality Rate
0.2240, 0.2189, 0.2105, 0.2266, 0.0987, 0.1147, 0.3353, 0.2563, 0.2466, 0.2847, 0.2150, 0.1821, 0.1200, 0.4206, 0.3456, 0.3045, 0.2903, 0.3377, 0.1639, 0.1350, 0.3866, 0.4678, 0.3515, 0.3232.
  • Application V: Nepal COVID-19 Mortality Rate
2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 5, 5, 3, 2, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 7, 6, 6, 11, 9, 3, 8, 7, 11, 8, 12, 12, 14, 7, 11, 12, 6, 14, 9, 9, 11, 6, 6, 5, 5, 14, 9, 15, 11, 8, 4, 7, 11, 10, 16, 2, 7, 17, 6, 8, 10, 4, 10, 7, 11, 11, 8, 7, 19, 9, 15, 12, 10, 14, 22, 9, 18, 12, 19, 21, 12, 12, 18, 8, 26, 21, 17, 13, 5, 15, 14, 11, 17, 16, 17, 23, 24, 20, 30, 18, 18, 17, 21, 18, 22, 26, 15, 13, 13, 6, 9, 17, 12, 17, 22, 7, 16, 16, 24, 28, 23, 23,19, 25, 29, 21, 9, 13, 16, 10, 17, 20, 23, 14, 12, 11, 15, 9, 18, 14, 13, 6, 16, 12, 11, 7, 3, 5, 5.
  • Application VI: Netherland COVID-19 Mortality Rate
14.918, 10.656, 12.274, 10.289, 10.832, 7.099, 5.928, 13.211, 7.968, 7.584, 5.555, 6.027, 4.097, 3.611, 4.960, 7.498, 6.940, 5.307, 5.048, 2.857, 2.254, 5.431, 4.462, 3.883, 3.461, 3.647, 1.974, 1.273, 1.416, 4.235.
  • Application VII: Italy COVID-19 Mortality Rate
4.571, 7.201, 3.606, 8.479, 11.410, 8.961, 10.919, 10.908, 6.503, 18.474, 11.010, 17.337, 16.561, 13.226, 15.137, 8.697, 15.787, 13.333, 11.822, 14.242, 11.273, 14.330, 16.046, 11.950, 10.282, 11.775, 10.138, 9.037, 12.396, 10.644, 8.646, 8.905, 8.906, 7.407, 7.445, 7.214, 6.194, 4.640, 5.452, 5.073, 4.416, 4.859, 4.408, 4.639, 3.148, 4.040, 4.253, 4.011, 3.564, 3.827, 3.134, 2.780, 2.881, 3.341, 2.686, 2.814, 2.508, 2.450, 1.518.

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Figure 1. PDF plots for different parameter combinations.
Figure 1. PDF plots for different parameter combinations.
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Figure 2. HRF plots for different parameter combinations.
Figure 2. HRF plots for different parameter combinations.
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Figure 3. Fitted Curves For United Kingdom Mortality Rate (15 April to 30 June 2020).
Figure 3. Fitted Curves For United Kingdom Mortality Rate (15 April to 30 June 2020).
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Figure 4. Fitted Curves For Europe Mortality Rate (1 March to 30 March).
Figure 4. Fitted Curves For Europe Mortality Rate (1 March to 30 March).
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Figure 5. Fitted Curves For China Mortality Rate (23 January to 28 January).
Figure 5. Fitted Curves For China Mortality Rate (23 January to 28 January).
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Figure 6. Fitted Curves For United Kingdom Mortality Rate (15 October to 7 November 2020).
Figure 6. Fitted Curves For United Kingdom Mortality Rate (15 October to 7 November 2020).
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Figure 7. Fitted Curves for Nepal Mortality Rate (23 January 2020 to 24 December 2020).
Figure 7. Fitted Curves for Nepal Mortality Rate (23 January 2020 to 24 December 2020).
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Figure 8. Fitted Curves for Netherland Mortality Rate (31 March 2020 to 30 April 2020).
Figure 8. Fitted Curves for Netherland Mortality Rate (31 March 2020 to 30 April 2020).
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Figure 9. Fitted Curves for Italy Mortality Rate (27 February 2020 to 27 April 2020).
Figure 9. Fitted Curves for Italy Mortality Rate (27 February 2020 to 27 April 2020).
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Table 1. New sub-models and corresponding baseline models.
Table 1. New sub-models and corresponding baseline models.
ModelBase ModelNew Model
Exponential 1 e x 1 + α 1 e x α 1 e x 2 α , > 0
Weibull 1 e x 1 + α 1 e x α 1 e x 2 α , , > 0
Rayleigh 1 e x 2 / 2 2 1 + α 1 e x 2 / 2 2 α 1 e x 2 / 2 2 2 α , , > 0
Gompertz 1 e e x 1 1 + α 1 e e x 1 α 1 e e x 1 2 α , , > 0
Lomax 1 1 + x / 1 + α 1 1 + x / α 1 1 + x / 2 α , , > 0
Burr 1 1 + x 1 + α 1 1 + x α 1 1 + x 2 α , , > 0
Pareto 1 x / x m i n 1 + α 1 x / x m i n α 1 x / x m i n 2 α , > 0
Half Log-Logistic 1 e x / 1 + e x 1 + α 1 e x / 1 + e x α 1 e x / 1 + e x 2 α , > 0
Kumaraswamy 1 1 x 1 + α 1 1 x α 1 1 x 2 α , , > 0
Power Function x / M θ 1 + α x / M θ α x / M 2 θ α , θ > 0 , M x
Uniform x / M 1 + α x / M α x / M 2 α > 0 , M x
Table 2. The simulated BIAS, MSE, and MRE values for ( α = 0.5, θ = 1.5).
Table 2. The simulated BIAS, MSE, and MRE values for ( α = 0.5, θ = 1.5).
n Est.Par.MLE-MADE-MCVME-MMPSE-MLSE-MWLSE-M
20BIAS α ^ 0.37690.32960.32880.31200.36970.3932
θ ^ 0.37230.36830.39150.32930.32410.4479
MSE α ^ 0.20350.16710.14980.13520.16890.1946
θ ^ 0.29030.23740.30200.18660.19490.4083
MRE α ^ 0.75380.65930.65760.62400.73940.7864
θ ^ 0.24820.24550.26100.21960.21610.2986
40BIAS α ^ 0.32260.31770.29330.29550.32180.3115
θ ^ 0.26520.26540.26690.21280.27190.2403
MSE α ^ 0.16980.14690.11700.12940.13920.1394
θ ^ 0.11280.11730.11920.08430.12510.1109
MRE α ^ 0.64510.63540.58650.59100.64350.6229
θ ^ 0.17680.17700.17800.14190.18130.1602
80BIAS α ^ 0.28650.23720.22580.24500.25770.2499
θ ^ 0.18360.17900.18910.16890.17410.1767
MSE α ^ 0.14570.09250.08280.09980.10980.1059
θ ^ 0.06320.05210.05500.05380.05470.0535
MRE α ^ 0.57300.47440.45160.49010.51540.4999
θ ^ 0.12240.11930.12610.11260.11610.1178
100BIAS α ^ 0.25380.22310.26040.21400.26310.2727
θ ^ 0.17680.16610.17410.15010.18120.1577
MSE α ^ 0.11420.08160.10620.08320.11090.1151
θ ^ 0.05560.04820.05190.04130.05280.0449
MRE α ^ 0.50760.44620.52070.42790.52620.5455
θ ^ 0.11780.11070.11610.10010.12080.1051
150BIAS α ^ 0.23570.20390.23210.22950.20920.2634
θ ^ 0.15230.13570.16000.11580.13190.1414
MSE α ^ 0.12100.07790.09740.10050.09060.1184
θ ^ 0.04790.03000.05280.02480.04310.0302
MRE α ^ 0.47130.40780.46410.45900.41830.5269
θ ^ 0.10150.09050.10670.07720.08790.0942
200BIAS α ^ 0.21770.16870.22690.15510.21260.2236
θ ^ 0.12700.10730.11150.09260.10970.1222
MSE α ^ 0.10300.06000.09780.05140.08720.0980
θ ^ 0.02730.01930.02170.01590.02000.0248
MRE α ^ 0.43530.33750.45380.31010.42510.4472
θ ^ 0.08470.07150.07430.06170.07310.0815
Table 3. The simulated BIAS, MSE, and MRE values for ( α = 0.75, θ = 0.5).
Table 3. The simulated BIAS, MSE, and MRE values for ( α = 0.75, θ = 0.5).
n Est.Par.MLE-MADE-MCVME-MMPSE-MLSE-MWLSE-M
20BIAS α ^ 0.45240.32080.39650.26810.34330.3426
θ ^ 0.13270.12650.16000.10300.13520.1349
MSE α ^ 0.27180.13500.19100.10340.14550.1650
θ ^ 0.03830.02770.04260.02380.03300.0374
MRE α ^ 0.60320.42780.52870.35750.45770.4568
θ ^ 0.26550.25290.31990.20600.27050.2698
40BIAS α ^ 0.37730.29050.36010.25290.30600.3293
θ ^ 0.08240.07860.10780.06160.09420.0795
MSE α ^ 0.21310.11430.15480.10180.11120.1374
θ ^ 0.01410.01150.01830.00830.01520.0106
MRE α ^ 0.50310.38730.48020.33720.40800.4390
θ ^ 0.16490.15720.21570.12310.18840.1590
80BIAS α ^ 0.27630.21390.30930.23120.27940.2613
θ ^ 0.04970.05420.06610.04190.06470.0602
MSE α ^ 0.12720.07540.11200.09380.09780.0858
θ ^ 0.00530.00610.00810.00350.00780.0062
MRE α ^ 0.36840.28520.41250.30830.37250.3484
θ ^ 0.09930.10840.13210.08380.12930.1203
100BIAS α ^ 0.25980.19880.26910.17390.24520.2783
θ ^ 0.04280.04450.05140.03110.05470.0606
MSE α ^ 0.12160.06470.09460.06330.08230.0992
θ ^ 0.00450.00430.00450.00240.00470.0065
MRE α ^ 0.34640.26500.35890.23180.32700.3711
θ ^ 0.08560.08900.10280.06230.10940.1212
150BIAS α ^ 0.26590.18390.24810.17310.27670.2420
θ ^ 0.04460.03180.04650.03340.04460.0439
MSE α ^ 0.12860.06320.07920.06420.09010.0779
θ ^ 0.00460.00220.00350.00270.00330.0031
MRE α ^ 0.35460.24530.33070.23080.36900.3227
θ ^ 0.08930.06360.09300.06680.08910.0879
200BIAS α ^ 0.20470.13540.24690.13750.25560.2536
θ ^ 0.03170.02680.04840.02230.04280.0427
MSE α ^ 0.09500.03860.07610.04810.08140.0781
θ ^ 0.00300.00180.00370.00130.00290.0032
MRE α ^ 0.27300.18050.32920.18330.34080.3381
θ ^ 0.06330.05360.09670.04460.08560.0854
Table 4. The simulated BIAS, MSE, and MRE values for ( α = 2.5, θ = 0.75).
Table 4. The simulated BIAS, MSE, and MRE values for ( α = 2.5, θ = 0.75).
n Est.Par.MLE-MADE-MCVME-MMPSE-MLSE-MWLSE-M
20BIAS α ^ 1.14420.28330.37190.38230.41310.3160
θ ^ 0.16020.12930.14340.14750.15040.1414
MSE α ^ 1.64320.15570.23120.29030.29050.1607
θ ^ 0.04080.03070.03160.03310.03610.0305
MRE α ^ 0.45770.11330.14880.15290.16530.1264
θ ^ 0.21360.17240.19120.19670.20050.1885
40BIAS α ^ 0.81870.18690.30600.23380.34590.2289
θ ^ 0.15340.09500.11060.08530.11040.1052
MSE α ^ 1.11000.06480.14670.13480.21980.0965
θ ^ 0.04280.01350.01950.01150.02040.0181
MRE α ^ 0.32750.07470.12240.09350.13840.0916
θ ^ 0.20450.12670.14740.11380.14730.1402
80BIAS α ^ 0.54240.12060.18380.10140.19680.1544
θ ^ 0.11420.06730.08150.05860.07700.0759
MSE α ^ 0.60640.02860.05640.01680.06530.0417
θ ^ 0.02500.00720.01040.00570.00900.0082
MRE α ^ 0.21700.04830.07350.04060.07870.0618
θ ^ 0.15230.08970.10870.07810.10270.1012
100BIAS α ^ 0.54020.09920.15720.08180.18650.1131
θ ^ 0.13700.06320.05560.04570.06740.0526
MSE α ^ 0.55140.01840.04200.01110.05060.0200
θ ^ 0.03620.00640.00510.00370.00750.0046
MRE α ^ 0.21610.03970.06290.03270.07460.0452
θ ^ 0.18260.08430.07410.06090.08980.0702
150BIAS α ^ 0.39140.07010.12610.05870.13870.0879
θ ^ 0.09150.03930.05240.03970.05170.0486
MSE α ^ 0.35820.00990.02520.00660.03180.0118
θ ^ 0.01720.00250.00430.00260.00400.0038
MRE α ^ 0.15660.02810.05040.02350.05550.0352
θ ^ 0.12210.05230.06990.05300.06900.0648
200BIAS α ^ 0.21870.05360.11080.03540.11920.0755
θ ^ 0.05790.03780.04870.02990.04530.0406
MSE α ^ 0.08800.00640.01950.00220.02250.0082
θ ^ 0.00680.00250.00350.00170.00310.0027
MRE α ^ 0.08750.02150.04430.01420.04770.0302
θ ^ 0.07720.05040.06490.03980.06040.0542
Table 5. The simulated BIAS, MSE, and MRE values for ( α = 1.5, θ = 2.5).
Table 5. The simulated BIAS, MSE, and MRE values for ( α = 1.5, θ = 2.5).
n Est.Par.MLE-MADE-MCVME-MMPSE-MLSE-MWLSE-M
20BIAS α ^ 0.65510.55390.56670.51940.51170.5046
θ ^ 0.58530.51470.56720.53330.53700.5565
MSE α ^ 0.81850.42640.43880.33120.34960.3353
θ ^ 0.52960.43340.52260.39380.45550.4805
MRE α ^ 0.43670.36930.37780.34630.34110.3364
θ ^ 0.23410.20590.22690.21330.21480.2226
40BIAS α ^ 0.46990.43120.44800.47970.45610.4303
θ ^ 0.46740.40150.46950.42470.39050.4035
MSE α ^ 0.29560.24280.28400.31350.27240.2252
θ ^ 0.35150.22450.37170.24470.23390.2738
MRE α ^ 0.31330.28750.29870.31980.30410.2869
θ ^ 0.18700.16060.18780.16990.15620.1614
80BIAS α ^ 0.36150.37070.39910.36880.39200.3369
θ ^ 0.35610.26470.37460.34530.34650.2991
MSE α ^ 0.19060.18300.21700.19950.20060.1527
θ ^ 0.19440.12160.22430.18180.18020.1374
MRE α ^ 0.24100.24710.26610.24590.26130.2246
θ ^ 0.14240.10590.14980.13810.13860.1197
100BIAS α ^ 0.38080.34530.37060.41040.32780.3254
θ ^ 0.35150.29270.30850.33520.27280.2765
MSE α ^ 0.19860.16070.16390.23290.15250.1499
θ ^ 0.19950.12710.15790.16770.12000.1195
MRE α ^ 0.25390.23020.24700.27360.21850.2170
θ ^ 0.14060.11710.12340.13410.10910.1106
150BIAS α ^ 0.29970.25340.30340.32130.30700.3110
θ ^ 0.24170.23490.27790.25080.27700.2720
MSE α ^ 0.14470.10100.12830.17010.12950.1376
θ ^ 0.08900.08810.12060.09880.10820.1020
MRE α ^ 0.19980.16890.20230.21420.20470.2073
θ ^ 0.09670.09400.11120.10030.11080.1088
200BIAS α ^ 0.26400.26520.30740.35070.25940.2394
θ ^ 0.21210.22250.22660.24270.23490.2063
MSE α ^ 0.12340.10320.11930.19430.09870.0902
θ ^ 0.07620.07960.07460.09660.08210.0654
MRE α ^ 0.17600.17680.20500.23380.17290.1596
θ ^ 0.08480.08900.09060.09710.09400.0825
Table 6. Estimates and Fitted Measures for United Kingdom Mortality Rate.
Table 6. Estimates and Fitted Measures for United Kingdom Mortality Rate.
ModelEstimatesFitted Measures
α ^ θ ^ γ ^ AICCVMADKSp-ValueSS
New-PFD0.03140.4012-283.65120.19341.26790.07770.74880.1147
Tr-PF0.7647-1.5949291.60010.31401.99640.13290.13670.3548
Kum-PF1.10710.47541.3700302.90450.42862.68190.15820.04460.5521
OGE-PF6.42560.06902.0309309.07420.36352.35330.19590.00580.9499
PF-I0.4375--302.93090.41792.62130.19760.00530.9699
NG-PF0.67750.07275.8366305.89460.34402.18340.07770.00381.0395
Gen-PF2.2790--332.13450.35002.16410.31800.00003.0369
Table 7. Estimates and Fitted Measures for Europe Mortality Rate.
Table 7. Estimates and Fitted Measures for Europe Mortality Rate.
ModelEstimatesFitted Measures
α ^ θ ^ γ ^ AICCVMADKSp-ValueSS
New-PFD0.19210.3262-470.14070.14330.94900.12320.68890.0760
ZTP-PF2.83680.7329-476.5421--0.17280.27900.1924
Kum-PF1.24850.26960.6369467.53650.19761.26210.17970.23930.2962
OGE-PF4.71800.06460.0047475.66230.11950.88230.22130.08180.4595
Gen-PF1.0351--494.47840.12040.76900.39910.00011.8877
Table 8. Estimates and Fitted Measures for China Mortality Rate.
Table 8. Estimates and Fitted Measures for China Mortality Rate.
ModelEstimatesFitted Measures
α ^ θ ^ γ ^ AICCVMADKSp-ValueSS
New-PFD0.10440.4908-642.48770.12170.83930.08140.77400.0924
Tr-PF0.5604-1.7920643.70630.15881.05210.10320.48360.1446
NG-PF1.164417.28470.0531648.62440.18681.23140.08140.28920.1946
Kum-PF0.38941.65051.0472650.14550.21251.38400.14640.11820.2983
PF-I0.6247--646.23040.21181.37970.15210.09450.3314
Table 9. Estimates and Fitted Measures for United Kingdom Mortality Rate.
Table 9. Estimates and Fitted Measures for United Kingdom Mortality Rate.
ModelEstimatesFitted Measures
α ^ θ ^ γ ^ AICCVMADKSp-ValueSS
New-PFD0.02871.3984-−41.76650.02550.20890.08350.99100.0199
NG-PF1.597118.54990.2342−38.54360.03610.30300.08350.96510.0265
Kum-PF0.97562.10571.7528−36.74250.05320.43060.12760.78360.0555
Tr-PF0.8341-1.0780−39.97790.03820.31380.12770.78260.0522
PF-I1.4845--−37.25260.04980.40670.23100.13110.2499
Table 10. Estimates and Fitted Measures for Nepal Mortality Rate.
Table 10. Estimates and Fitted Measures for Nepal Mortality Rate.
EstimatesFitted Measures
Model α ^ θ ^ γ ^ AICCVMADKSp-ValueSS
New-PFD0.02050.8481-993.59910.04710.46780.05190.80440.0531
W-PF4.22168.48980.2024996.18380.05970.51340.05480.74680.0594
ZTP-PF4.39871.7816-998.45500.10120.80650.06790.48030.1028
MOE-PF0.14161.9682-994.83400.08740.71550.06810.47740.0815
Gen-PF1.7756--979.73770.51173.75930.07160.41320.1176
Kum-PF0.41683.05641.98231012.31070.12060.99200.07900.29480.1706
Tr-PF0.9380-1.25191002.01160.07840.68360.08190.25630.1993
OGE-PF7.62560.12392.86731035.84850.21141.58720.16210.00061.0577
PF-I0.8615--1039.23630.10500.89050.19920.00001.6514
Table 11. Estimates and Fitted Measures for Netherlands Mortality Rate.
Table 11. Estimates and Fitted Measures for Netherlands Mortality Rate.
ModelEstimatesFitted Measures
α ^ θ ^ γ ^ AICCVMADKSp-ValueSS
New-PFD0.02530.8957-156.81050.10620.64930.10700.84670.0522
PF-Poi−3.50981.7625-156.83120.10760.65750.10930.82830.0549
Tr-PF0.8025-1.3066160.15850.17011.01880.16170.37250.1589
NG-PF1.3880 164.12450.18191.11500.10700.35630.1619
Kum-PF0.44002.48431.2740167.10660.23161.40570.20970.12320.2811
OGE-PF9.81760.10032.8782168.60150.16650.95710.23780.05620.3771
Table 12. Estimates and Fitted Measures for Italy Mortality Rate.
Table 12. Estimates and Fitted Measures for Italy Mortality Rate.
ModelEstimatesFitted Measures
α ^ θ ^ γ ^ AICCVMADKSp-ValueSS
New-PFD0.04420.8961-335.72370.09790.70270.11280.41030.1011
Tr-PF0.8247-1.4090338.26260.11760.86270.11620.37420.1269
Kum-PF0.56662.21831.4513345.97320.14721.10370.11720.36390.1927
NG-PF1.446527.08120.0996341.43920.10920.84080.11280.34960.1173
OGE-PF8.72520.12392.8958349.03700.14621.04180.14140.17180.3554
ZTP-PF3.80761.9272-339.40200.13150.76590.14500.15140.1789
PF-I1.0090--346.15830.14201.07060.16940.05980.4853
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