<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">AM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Applied Mathematics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2152-7385</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/am.2022.133019</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AM-115984</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized Power Gompertz Distribution: Statistical Properties, Application, and Validation Using a Modified Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Test
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Obubu</surname><given-names>Maxwell</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ibeakuzie</surname><given-names>Precious Onyedikachi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Khaoula</surname><given-names>Aidi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chijioke</surname><given-names>Igwe Akpa</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"><sup>4</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nacira</surname><given-names>Seddik-Ameur</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>Department of Statistics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff3"><addr-line>Laboratory of Probability and Statistics LaPS, University BadjiMokhtar, Annaba, Algeria</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff4"><addr-line>Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Health Systems Consult Limited, Abuja, Nigeria</addr-line></aff><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>17</day><month>03</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>03</issue><fpage>243</fpage><lpage>262</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>22,</day>	<month>January</month>	<year>2022</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>15,</day>	<month>March</month>	<year>2022</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>18,</day>	<month>March</month>	<year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p><html>
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  A new six-parameter continuous distribution called the Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized Power Gompertz (GKGPG) distribution is proposed in this study, a graphical illustration of the probability density function and cumulative distribution function is presented. The statistical features of the Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized Power Gompertz distribution are systematically derived and adequately studied. The estimation of the model parameters in the absence of censoring and under-right censoring is performed using the method of maximum likelihood. The test statistic for right-censored data, criteria test for GKGPG distribution, estimated matrix 
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  <img src="Edit_267732fe-8b8a-4eb9-a690-e19f97d73615.bmp" alt="" /> and their corresponding square mean errors are presented and confirmed to agree closely with the true parameter values. Simulated levels of significance for 
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</html></p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Power Gompertz</kwd><kwd> Generalized Kumaraswamy-G</kwd><kwd> Modified Chi-Squared</kwd><kwd> the Goodness of Fit</kwd><kwd> Censoring</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>The Gompertz distribution is a continuous probability distribution often applied in lifetime data analysis to describe the distribution of the science such as biology [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref1">1</xref>], gerontology [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref2">2</xref>], adult lifespans by demographers [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref3">3</xref>], actuaries [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref4">4</xref>], marketing [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref5">5</xref>], network theory [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref6">6</xref>] and computer science [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref7">7</xref>]. The Gompertz distribution has a convex hazard function. It is a flexible distribution, skewed to the right and the left, and a generalization of the exponential distribution.</p><p>To produce a more flexible distribution for a highly skewed dataset, new families of distributions are proposed daily. Some of these families of distributions include the Generalized Kumaraswamy generalized family by Nofal et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref8">8</xref>], the Marshall-Olkin generalized family by Yousof et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref9">9</xref>], the odd Dagum generalized family by Afify and Alizadeh [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref10">10</xref>], a new generalized Weibull-G family by Cordeiro et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref11">11</xref>], a new Weibull-G family by Tahir et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref12">12</xref>], the Gompertz generalized family by Alizadeh et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref13">13</xref>], the Type II Power Topp-Leone generated family by Bantan et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref14">14</xref>], the generated odd burr III family BY Hag et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref15">15</xref>], Exponentiated-G (EG) by Cordeiro et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref16">16</xref>], Weibull-X by Alzaatreh et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref17">17</xref>], Weibull-G by Bourguignon et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref18">18</xref>], Logistic-G by Torabi and Montazari [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref19">19</xref>], Gamma-X by Alzaatreh et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref20">20</xref>], a Lomax-G family by Cordeiro et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref21">21</xref>], Exponentiated T-X by Alzaghal et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref22">22</xref>], a Beta Marshall-Olkin family of distributions by Alizadeh et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref23">23</xref>], Logistic-X by Tahir et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref24">24</xref>], the beta generalized family (Beta-G) by Eugene et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref25">25</xref>], a Lindley G family by Cakmakyapan and Ozel [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref26">26</xref>], Odd Lindley-G family by Gomes-Silva et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref27">27</xref>], Transmuted family of distributions by Shaw and Buckley [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref28">28</xref>], Gamma-G (type 1) by Zografos and Balakrishnan [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref29">29</xref>], the Kumaraswamy-G by Cordeiro and de Castro [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref30">30</xref>], McDonald-G by Alexander et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref31">31</xref>], Gamma-G (type 2) by Ristic et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref32">32</xref>], Gamma-G (type 3) by Torabi and Montazari [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref33">33</xref>], Log-gammaG by Amini et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref34">34</xref>], and so on.</p><p>Statistics show that a powerful transformation is a series of functions used to create a monotonous data transformation using power functions. Applied to the random variable, the technique is useful in stabilizing variance, making the data more normal distribution-like, improving the validity of association measures like the Pearson correlation between variables, and providing a more flexible model by adding a new parameter named power parameter. The works of Ieren et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref35">35</xref>], Ghitany et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref36">36</xref>], and Rady et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref37">37</xref>] prove this fact. Ieren et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref35">35</xref>] proposed the power Gompertz distribution, and derived certain properties of the new distribution. Estimated parameters by Maximum Probability Estimate (MLE) were provided. The application of the proposed model with other existing distributions to a data set of remission times for a random sample of 128 patients with bladder cancer was done with the power Gompertz model providing better performance than the Gompertz model, Ghitany et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref36">36</xref>] introduced the power Lindley distribution. This model provides more flexibility than Lindley distribution when applied to lifetime data, Rady et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref37">37</xref>] proposed the Power Lomax distribution, when applied to bladder cancer data, the proposed Power Lomax distribution exhibited a much more flexible model than the Lomax distribution. To produce a more flexible distribution for a highly skewed dataset, our focus in this paper is to present an extension of the power Gompertz distribution using the generalized Kumaraswamy generalized family of distribution [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref8">8</xref>], the resulting distribution is a six-parameter continuous distribution called the generalized Kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertz distribution, various statistical properties will be looked at. The method of maximum likelihood is discussed for estimating the model parameter. We also construct and analyze the generalized Nikulin Rao-Robson goodness-of-fit statistic test Y n 2 (Bagdonavicius and Nikulin [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref38">38</xref>], Bagdonavicius and Nikulin [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref39">39</xref>] ) for the generalized Kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertz distribution based on censored data.</p><p>The remaining parts of this article are presented in sections as follows: formation of the new distribution is provided in Section 2. In Section 3, we analyzed the plots of the probability density and cumulative distribution function. Derivation of some properties of the new distribution such as asymptotic behavior, quantile function for median, Skewness and Kurtosis, and reliability analysis was discussed in Section 4. The distribution of order statistics in Section 5, estimation of parameters based on censored and uncensored random samples using Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) is provided in Section 6. We evaluate the new goodness-of-fit statistic test Y n 2 , and investigate some criteria test for the generalized Kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertz distribution in Section 7, a simulation study was carried out in Section 8, and an application of the new model to the dataset is illustrated in Section 9.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Formation of the Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized Power Gompertz Distribution (GKGPG)</title><p>The Power Gompertz (PG) distribution [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref35">35</xref>] with positive parameter α , β and θ has pdf and cdf given by:</p><p>g ( x ) = α θ x θ − 1 e β x θ e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) (1)</p><p>and:</p><p>G ( x ) = 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) (2)</p><p>where x &gt; 0 , α &gt; 0 , β &gt; 0 , θ &gt; 0</p><p>The cdf of the Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized (GK-G) family is defined (for x &gt; 0 ) by:</p><p>F ( x ) = 1 − [ 1 − c G ( x ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b (3)</p><p>The corresponding pdf of the GK-G family is given by:</p><p>f ( x ) = a b c g ( x ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ G ( x ) ] a − 1 [ 1 − c G ( x ) a ] b − 1 (4)</p><p>where 0 &lt; c ≤ 1 , a &gt; 0 and b &gt; 0 are shape parameters.</p><p>The hazard rate function (hrf) of the GK-G family is given by:</p><p>h ( x ) = a b c g ( x ) [ G ( x ) ] a − 1 [ 1 − c G ( x ) a ] b − 1 [ 1 − c G ( x ) a ] b − ( 1 − c ) b (5)</p><p>Hence the pdf and cdf of the newly proposed Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized Power Gompertz (GKGPG) distribution is given by:</p><p>f ( x ) = a b c α θ x θ − 1 e β x θ e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a − 1 [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b − 1 (6)</p><p>And:</p><p>F ( x ) = 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b (7)</p><p>where x &gt; 0 , 0 &lt; c ≤ 1 , a &gt; 0 , b &gt; 0 , α &gt; 0 , β &gt; 0 , θ &gt; 0 .</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Graphical Description of the Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized Power Gompertz Distribution (GKGPG)</title><p>Here, we graphically illustrate the probability density function, and cumulative distribution function of the generalized kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertz distribution at different parameter values.</p><p>Remarks: <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref> represents the behavior of the density plot the effect of the different parameter values. The probability density function of the generalized kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertzdistribution is unimodal; it is also decreasing, and right skewed, depending on the indicated parameter values.</p><p>Remarks: <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref> represents the cdf plot, clearly, the cdf approaches one (1) as X tends to infinity and equals zero when X tends to zero.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. Statistical Properties of the Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized Power Gompertz Distribution (GKGPG)</title><sec id="s4_1"><title>4.1. Asymptotic Behavior</title><p>This section examines the limiting behavior of the GKGPG distribution as X → ∞ and as X → 0 .</p><p>For the pdf,</p><p>lim x → ∞ f ( x ) = lim x → ∞ [ a b c α θ x θ − 1 e β x θ e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a − 1 [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b − 1 ]</p><p>lim x → ∞ f ( x ) = [ a b c α θ ∞ θ − 1 e β ∞ θ e − α β ( e β ∞ θ − 1 ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ 1 − e − α β ( e β ∞ θ − 1 ) ] a − 1 [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β ∞ θ − 1 ) ) a ] b − 1 ] = 0</p><p>(8)</p><p>lim x → 0 f ( x ) = lim x → 0 [ a b c α θ x θ − 1 e β x θ e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a − 1 [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b − 1 ]</p><p>lim x → 0 f ( x ) = [ a b c α θ 0 θ − 1 e β 0 θ e − α β ( e β 0 θ − 1 ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ 1 − e − α β ( e β 0 θ − 1 ) ] a − 1 [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β 0 θ − 1 ) ) a ] b − 1 ] = 0</p><p>(9)</p><p>For the cdf,</p><p>lim x → ∞ F ( x ) = lim x → ∞ [ 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b ] = 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β ∞ θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b = 1 (10)</p><p>lim x → 0 F ( x ) = lim x → 0 [ 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b ] = 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β 0 θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b = 0 (11)</p></sec><sec id="s4_2"><title>4.2. Quantile Function</title><p>The quantile function (qf) of X, say Q ( u ) = F − 1 ( u ) can be obtained by inverting Equation (3) numerically, and it is given by:</p><p>Q ( u ) = G − 1 { c − 1 [ 1 − ( 1 − u d ) 1 b ] } 1 a (12)</p><p>where d = 1 − ( 1 − c ) b .</p><p>Ieren et al. (2019) defined the quantile function of the power Gompertz distribution as:</p><p>G − 1 ( u ) = X q = [ 1 β log [ 1 − β α log ( 1 − u ) ] ] 1 / θ (13)</p><p>By substituting Equations (12) in (13), we obtain the quantile function of the GKGPG distribution as:</p><p>Q ( u ) = [ 1 β log [ 1 − β α log ( 1 − { c − 1 [ 1 − ( 1 − u d ) 1 b ] } 1 a ) ] ] 1 / θ (14)</p><p>This above derived function is used to obtain certain moments, such as Skewness and Kurtosis, as well as the median of the distribution and generation of random variables from the distribution concerned.</p></sec><sec id="s4_3"><title>4.3. Skewness and Kurtosis</title><p>The analysis of the Skewness and Kurtosis variability on the shape parameters can be examined on the basis of quantile action. The weaknesses of the conventional measure of Kurtosis are well known. Kenney and Keeping [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref40">40</xref>] gives the Bowely Skewness based on quantiles as:</p><p>S k = Q ( 3 4 ) − 2 Q ( 1 2 ) + Q ( 1 4 ) Q ( 3 4 ) − Q ( 1 4 ) (15)</p><p>Moors et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref41">41</xref>] gave the Moors quantile based Kurtosis as:</p><p>K u = Q ( 7 8 ) − Q ( 5 8 ) − Q ( 3 8 ) + Q ( 1 8 ) Q ( 6 8 ) − Q ( 1 8 ) (16)</p><p>With Q ( . ) is obtainable using the equation of the quantile function as given in Equation (14).</p></sec><sec id="s4_4"><title>4.4. Reliability Analysis of the GKGPG Distribution</title><p>The Survival function of the generalized kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertz distribution is given as (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref>).</p><p>S ( x ) = 1 − [ 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b ] (17)</p><p>where x &gt; 0 , 0 &lt; c ≤ 1 , a &gt; 0 , b &gt; 0 , α &gt; 0 , β &gt; 0 , θ &gt; 0 .</p><p>The Hazard failure of the generalized kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertz distribution is given as (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig4">Figure 4</xref>).</p><p>h ( x ) = a b c [ α θ x θ − 1 e β x θ e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a − 1 [ 1 − c [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a ] b − 1 [ 1 − c [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a ] b − ( 1 − c ) b (18)</p><p>where x &gt; 0 , 0 &lt; c ≤ 1 , a &gt; 0 , b &gt; 0 , α &gt; 0 , β &gt; 0 , θ &gt; 0 .</p></sec></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Order Statistics</title><p>For i = 1 , ⋯ , n from an independent and identically distributed random variables, let X 1 , ⋯ , X n denote a random sample from the Generalized Kumaraswamy generalized Power Gompertz Distribution with cdf F ( x ) , and pdf given by Equations (3) and (4) respectively. Then the probability density function f i : n ( x ) of the i<sup>th</sup> order statistics of the GKGPG distribution is given by:</p><p>f i : n ( x ) = n ! ( i − 1 ) ! ( n − i ) ! ∑ k = 0 n − i ( − 1 ) k ( n − i k ) f ( x ) F ( x ) K + i + 1 (19)</p><p>By substituting Equations (6) and (7) into the i<sup>th</sup> order statistics of the GKGPG distribution, we have that:</p><p>f i : n ( x ) = n ! ( i − 1 ) ! ( n − i ) ! ∑ k = 0 n − i ( − 1 ) k ( n − i k ) a b c α θ x θ − 1 e β x θ e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a − 1   ∗ [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b − 1 [ 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b ] k + i − 1</p><p>(20)</p><p>Hence the minimum order statistics X ( 1 ) for the GKGPG distribution is given by:</p><p>f 1 : n ( x ) = n ∑ k = 0 n − 1 ( − 1 ) k ( n − 1 k ) a b c α θ x θ − 1 e β x θ e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a − 1   ∗ [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b − 1 [ 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b ] k (21)</p><p>Similarly, the maximum order statistics X ( n ) for the GKGPG distribution is given by:</p><p>f n : n ( x ) = n a b c α θ x θ − 1 e β x θ e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) 1 − ( 1 − c ) b [ 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ] a − 1   ∗ [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b − 1 [ 1 − [ 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ] b 1 − ( 1 − c ) b ] n − 1 (22)</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>6. Parameter Estimation</title><sec id="s6_1"><title>6.1. Maximum Likelihood Estimation</title><p>Here, the parameters of the GKGPG distribution are estimated using the method of maximum likelihood. Let X 1 , X 2 , ⋯ , X n be random samples distributed according to the GKGPG distribution, the likelihood function is obtained by the relationship:</p><p>l n ( γ ) = ∑ i = 1 n ln f ( X , γ ) (23)</p><p>l n ( γ ) = n ln ( a b c α θ ) + ( θ − 1 ) ∑ i = 1 n ln ( x i ) + β ∑ i = 1 n     x i θ − α β ∑ i = 1 n ( e β x i θ − 1 )     − ∑ i = 1 n ln ( s i ) + ( a − 1 ) ∑ i = 1 n ln ( 1 − φ i ) + ( b − 1 ) ∑ i = 1 n ln ( ϖ i ) (24)</p><p>With s i = 1 − ( 1 − c ) b ,   ϖ i = 1 − c ( 1 − e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ) a ,   φ i = e − α β ( e β x θ − 1 ) ,   v i = e β x θ − 1 .</p><p>The maximum likelihood estimators a ^ , b ^ , c ^ , α ^ , β ^ and θ ^ of the unknown parameters a , b , c , α , β and θ are derived from the nonlinear following score equations:</p><p>∂ L ∂ a = n a + ∑ i = 1 n ln ( 1 − φ i ) − ∑ i = 1 n c ( b − 1 ) ( 1 − φ i ) a ln ( 1 − φ i ) ϖ i (25)</p><p>∂ L ∂ b = n b + ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − c ) b ln ( 1 − c ) s i + ∑ i = 1 n ln ( ϖ i ) (26)</p><p>∂ L ∂ c = n c − ∑ i = 1 n b ( 1 − c ) b − 1 s i − ∑ i = 1 n ( b − 1 ) ( 1 − φ i ) a ϖ i (27)</p><p>∂ L ∂ α = n α − ∑ i = 1 n v i β + ∑ i = 1 n ( a − 1 ) φ i v i β ( 1 − φ i ) − ∑ i = 1 n a c ( b − 1 ) φ i v i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i (28)</p><p>∂ L ∂ β = ∑ i = 1 n     x i θ + ∑ i = 1 n α v i β 2 − α β ∑ i = 1 n     x i θ e β x i θ + α ( a − 1 ) β 2 ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − e β x i θ + β x i θ e β x i θ ) φ i 1 − φ i     + a c ( b − 1 ) β 2 ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − e β x i θ + β x i θ e β x i θ ) φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i (29)</p><p>∂ L ∂ θ = n θ + ∑ i = 1 n ln ( x i ) ( 1 + β x i θ − α x i θ e β x i θ ) + α ( a − 1 ) ∑ i = 1 n x i θ ln ( x i ) e β x i θ φ i 1 − φ i     − a α c ( b − 1 ) ∑ i = 1 n x i θ ln ( x i ) e β x i θ φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i (30)</p></sec><sec id="s6_2"><title>6.2. Estimation under Right-Censored Data</title><p>The hypothesizing test will be discussed under complete and censored data, however, the MPS is only defined for complete data, since the MLE is usually considered for right-censored data, Let us consider X 1 , X 2 , ⋯ , X n a random right censored sample obtained from the GKGPG distribution with the parameter vector γ = ( a , b , c , α , β , θ ) T . The censoring time τ is fixed. So, the observation X i is equal to X i = ( x i , δ i ) where:</p><p>δ i = { 0       if   x i   isacensoringtime 1         if   x i   isafailuretime (31)</p><p>In this case, the log-likelihood is obtained as follow:</p><p>L n ( γ ) = ∑ i = 1 n     δ i ln f ( x i , γ ) + ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − δ i ) ln S ( x i , γ ) (32)</p><p>L n ( γ ) = ∑ i = 1 n     δ i [ n ln ( a b c α θ ) + ( θ − 1 ) ln ( x i ) + β x i θ − α v i β       − ln ( s i ) + ( a − 1 ) ln ( 1 − φ i ) + ( b − 1 ) ln ( ϖ i ) ]     + ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − δ i ) ln ( 1 − δ i ) ln ( 1 − 1 − ϖ i b s i ) (33)</p><p>The maximum likelihood estimators a ^ , b ^ , c ^ , α ^ , β ^ and θ ^ of the unknown parameters a , b , c , α , β and θ are derived from the nonlinear following score equations:</p><p>∂ L ∂ a = ∑ i = 1 n     δ i [ 1 a + ln ( 1 − φ i ) − c ( b − 1 ) ( 1 − φ i ) a ln ( 1 − φ i ) ϖ i ]     − b c ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − δ i ) ( 1 − φ i ) a ln ( 1 − φ i ) ϖ i b − 1 s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) (34)</p><p>∂ L ∂ b = ∑ i = 1 n     δ i [ 1 b + ( 1 − c ) b ln ( 1 − c ) s i + ln ( ϖ i ) ]   + ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − δ i ) [ s i ϖ i b ln ( ϖ i ) − ( 1 − c ) b ln ( 1 − c ) ( 1 − ϖ i b ) s i ( s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) ) ] (35)</p><p>∂ L ∂ c = ∑ i = 1 n     δ i [ 1 c − b ( 1 − c ) b − 1 s i − ( b − 1 ) ( 1 − φ i ) a ϖ i ]     − ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − δ i ) [ s i b ( 1 − φ i ) a ϖ i b − 1 − b ( 1 − c ) b − 1 ( 1 − ϖ i b ) s i ( s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) ) ] (36)</p><p>∂ L ∂ α = ∑ i = 1 n     δ i [ 1 α − v i β + ( a − 1 ) φ i v i β ( 1 − φ i ) − a c ( b − 1 ) φ i v i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i ]     − a c b ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − δ i ) φ i v i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i b − 1 s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) (37)</p><p>∂ L ∂ β = ∑ i = 1 n     δ i [ x i θ + α v i β 2 − α β x i θ e β x i θ + α ( a − 1 ) β 2 ( 1 − e β x i θ + β x i θ e β x i θ ) φ i 1 − φ i     + a c ( b − 1 ) β 2 ( 1 − e β x i θ + β x i θ e β x i θ ) φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i ]     + a c b β 2 ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − δ i ) ( 1 − e β x i θ + β x i θ e β x i θ ) φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i b − 1 s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) (38)</p><p>∂ L ∂ θ = ∑ i = 1 n     δ i [ 1 θ + ln ( x i ) ( 1 + β x i θ − α x i θ e β x i θ ) + α ( a − 1 ) x i θ ln ( x i ) e β x i θ φ i 1 − φ i     − a α c ( b − 1 ) x i θ ln ( x i ) e β x i θ φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i ]     − a α c b ∑ i = 1 n ( 1 − δ i ) x i θ ln ( x i ) e β x i θ φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i b − 1 s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) (39)</p><p>Monte Carlo technique or other iterative methods can be used to determine the values of a ^ , b ^ , c ^ , α ^ , β ^ and θ ^ .</p></sec></sec><sec id="s7"><title>7. Test Statistic for Right Censored Data</title><p>Let X 1 , ⋯ , X n be n i.i.d. random variables grouped into r classes I i . To assess the adequacy of a parametric model F₀:</p><p>H 0 : P ( X i ≤ x H 0 ) = F 0 ( x ; γ ) ,   x ≥ 0 ,   γ = ( γ 1 , ⋯ , γ s ) T ∈ Θ ⊂ R s (40)</p><p>When data are right censored and the parameter vector β is unknown, Bagdonavicius and Nikulin [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref38">38</xref>] proposed a statistic test Y<sup>2</sup> based on the vector:</p><p>Z j = 1 n ( U j − e j ) ,     j = 1 , 2 , ⋯ , r       with   r ≻ s . (41)</p><p>This one represents the differences between observed and expected numbers of failures ( U j and e j ) to fall into these grouping intervals I j = ( p j − 1 , p j ] with p 0 = 0 , p r = τ , where τ is a finite time. The authors considered p j as random data functions such as ther intervals chosen have equal expected numbers of failures e j .</p><p>The statistic test Y<sup>2</sup> is defined by:</p><p>Y 2 = Z T Σ ^ − Z = ∑ i = 1 r ( U j − e j ) 2 U j + Q (42)</p><p>where Z = ( Z 1 , ⋯ , Z r ) T and Σ ^ − is a generalized inverse of the covariance matrix Σ ^ and:</p><p>Q = W T G ^ − W ,   A ^ j = U j n ,   U j = ∑ i : X i ∈ I j     δ i</p><p>W = ( W 1 , ⋯ , W s ) T ,   G ^ = [ g ^ l l ′ ] s &#215; s ,   g ^ l l ′ = i ^ l l ′ − ∑ j = 1 r     C ^ l J G ^ l ′ J A ^ J − 1</p><p>C ^ l j = 1 n ∑ i : X i ∈ I j     δ i ∂ ln h ( x i , γ ^ ) ∂ γ ,   i ^ l l ′ = 1 n ∑ i = 1 n     δ i ∂ ln h ( x i , γ ^ ) ∂ γ l ∂ ln h ( x i , γ ^ ) ∂ γ l ′</p><p>W ^ l = ∑ j = 1 r     C ^ l J A ^ J − 1 Z j ,     l , l ′ = 1 , ⋯ , s</p><p>γ ^ is the maximum likelihood estimator of γ on initial non-grouped data.</p><p>Under the null hypothesis H₀, the limit distribution of the statistic Y<sup>2</sup> is a chi-square with r = r a n k ( Σ ) degrees of freedom. The description and applications of modified chi-square tests are discussed in Voinov et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref42">42</xref>].</p><p>The interval limits p j for grouping data into j classes I j are considered as data functions and defined by:</p><p>p ^ j = H − 1 ( E j − ∑ l = 1 i − 1     H ( x l , γ ^ ) n − i + 1 , γ ^ ) ,       p ^ j = max ( X ( n ) , τ ) (43)</p><p>Such as the expected failure times e j to fall into these intervals are e j = E r r</p><p>for any j, with E r = ∑ i = 1 n H ( x i , γ ) . The distribution of this statistic test Y n 2 is chi-square (see Voinov et al., 2013).</p><sec id="s7_1"><title>7.1. Criteria Test for GKGPG Distribution</title><p>For testing the null hypothesis H₀ that data belong to the GKGPG model, we construct a modified chi-squared type goodness-of-fit test based on the statistic Y<sup>2</sup>. Suppose that τ is a finite time, and observed data are grouped into r &gt; s sub-intervals I j = ( p j − 1 , p j ] of [ 0 , τ ] . The limit intervals p j are considered as random variables such that the expected numbers of failures in each interval I j are the same, so the expected numbers of failures e j are obtained as:</p><p>E j = − j r − 1 ∑ i = 1 n ln ( 1 − 1 − ϖ i b s i ) ,     j = 1 , ⋯ , r − 1 (44)</p></sec><sec id="s7_2"><title>7.2. Estimated Matrix W ^ and C ^</title><p>The components of the estimated matrix W ^ are derived from the estimated matrix C ^ which is given by:</p><p>C ^ 1 j = 1 n ∑ i : x i ∈ I j n     δ i [ 1 a + ln ( 1 − φ i ) − c ( b − 1 ) ( 1 − φ i ) a ln ( 1 − φ i ) ϖ i + b c ( 1 − φ i ) a ln ( 1 − φ i ) ϖ i b − 1 s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) ] (45)</p><p>C ^ 2 j = 1 n ∑ i : x i ∈ I j n     δ i [ 1 b + ( 1 − c ) b ln ( 1 − c ) s i + ln ( ϖ i ) − s i ϖ i b ln ( ϖ i ) − ( 1 − c ) b ln ( 1 − c ) ( 1 − ϖ i b ) s i ( s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) ) ] (46)</p><p>C ^ 3 j = 1 n ∑ i : x i ∈ I j n     δ i [ 1 c − b ( 1 − c ) b − 1 s i − ( b − 1 ) ( 1 − φ i ) a ϖ i + s i b ( 1 − φ i ) a ϖ i b − 1 − b ( 1 − c ) b − 1 ( 1 − ϖ i b ) s i ( s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) ) ] (47)</p><p>C ^ 4 j = 1 n ∑ i : x i ∈ I j n     δ i [ 1 α − v i β + ( a − 1 ) φ i v i β ( 1 − φ i ) − a c ( b − 1 ) φ i v i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i + a b c φ i v i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i b − 1 s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) ] (48)</p><p>C ^ 5 j = 1 n ∑ i : x i ∈ I j n     δ i [ x i θ + α ( a − 1 ) β 2 ( 1 − e β x i θ + β x i θ e β x i θ ) φ i 1 − φ i + a c ( b − 1 ) β 2 ( 1 − e β x i θ + β x i θ e β x i θ ) φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i   + α v i β 2 − α β x i θ e β x i θ − a c b β 2 ( 1 − e β x i θ + β x i θ e β x i θ ) φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i b − 1 s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) ] (49)</p><p>C ^ 6 j = 1 n ∑ i : x i ∈ I j n     δ i [ 1 θ + α ( a − 1 ) x i θ ln ( x i ) e β x i θ φ i 1 − φ i − a α c ( b − 1 ) x i θ ln ( x i ) e β x i θ φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i     + ln ( x i ) ( 1 + β x i θ − α x i θ e β x i θ ) + a α c b x i θ ln ( x i ) e β x i θ φ i ( 1 − φ i ) a − 1 ϖ i b − 1 s i − ( 1 − ϖ i b ) ] (50)</p><p>And:</p><p>W ^ l = ∑ j = 1 r C ^ l J A ^ J − 1 Z j ,     l , l ′ = 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ;     j = 1 , ⋯ , r</p></sec><sec id="s7_3"><title>7.3. Estimated Matrix G ^</title><p>The estimated matrix G ^ = [ g ^ l l ′ ] 6 &#215; 6 is defined by:</p><p>g ^ l l ′ = i ^ l l ′ − ∑ j = 1 r     C ^ l J G ^ l ′ J A ^ J − 1</p><p>where:</p><p>i ^ l l ′ = 1 n ∑ i = 1 n δ i ∂ ln h ( x i , γ ^ ) ∂ γ l ∂ ln h ( x i , γ ^ ) ∂ γ l ′ ,       l , l ′ = 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6</p><p>Therefore the quadratic form of the test statistic can be obtained easily:</p><p>Y n 2 ( γ ^ ) = ∑ j = 1 r ( U j − e j ) 2 U j + W ^ T [ i ^ l l ′ − ∑ j = 1 r     C ^ l J G ^ l ′ J A ^ J − 1 ] − 1 W ^ (51)</p></sec></sec><sec id="s8"><title>8. Simulations</title><sec id="s8_1"><title>8.1. Maximum Likelihood Estimation</title><p>We generated N = 10000 right censored samples with different sizes ( n = 25 , 50 , 130 , 350 , 500 ) from the GKGPG model with parameters a = 2 , b = 1 , c = 0.9 , α = 0.2 , β = 0.7 and θ = 1.5 . Using R statistical software and the Barzilai-Borwein (BB) algorithm (Ravi, [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref43">43</xref>] ), we calculate the maximum likelihood estimators of the unknown parameters and their Mean Squared Errors (MSE). The results are given in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref>.</p><p>The maximum likelihood estimated parameter values, presented in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref>, agree closely with the true parameter values.</p><table-wrap id="table1" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table1">Table 1</xref></label><caption><title> Mean simulated values of MLEs γ ^ their corresponding square mean errors</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >N = 10000</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n = 25</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n = 50</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n = 130</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n = 350</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n = 500</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >a ^</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.9532 (0.0092)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.9679 (0.0067)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.9706 (0.0059)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.9756 (0.0042)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.9896 (0.0033)</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >b ^</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9686 (0.0079)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9713 (0.0052)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9876 (0.0038)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9903 (0.0025)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9982 (0.0012)</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >c ^</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9236 (0.0084)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9186 (0.0061)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9106 (0.0047)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9086 (0.0037)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9023 (0.0029)</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >α ^</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.1775 (0.0088)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.1823 (0.0073)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.1897 (0.0041)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.1902 (0.0027)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.1976 (0.0016)</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >β ^</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.7361 (0.0098)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.7253 (0.0079)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.7126 (0.0053)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.7098 (0.0034)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.7012 (0.0018)</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >θ ^</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.5364 (0.0068)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.5231 (0.0057)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.5134 (0.0033)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.5037 (0.0018)</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.5003 (0.0009)</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap></sec><sec id="s8_2"><title>8.2. Criteria Test Y n 2</title><p>For testing the null hypothesis H₀ that right censored data become from GKGPG model, we compute the criteria statistic Y n 2 ( γ ) as defined above for 10,000 simulated samples from the hypothezised distribution with different sizes (30, 50, 150, 350, 500). Then, we calculate empirical levels of significance, when Y 2 &gt; χ ε 2 ( r ) , corresponding to theoretical levels of significance ( ε = 0.10 , ε = 0.05 , ε = 0.01 ), We choose r = 7 . The results are reported in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref>.</p><p>The null hypothesis H₀ for which simulated samples are fitted by GKGPG distribution is widely validated for the different levels of significance. Therefore, the test proposed in this work, can be used to fit data from this new distribution.</p></sec></sec><sec id="s9"><title>9. Application</title><p>In this section, we apply the results obtained through this study to real data set from reliability (Crowder et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref44">44</xref>] ), previously used by [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref45">45</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref46">46</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.115984-ref47">47</xref>]. In an experiment to gain information on the strength of a certain type of braided cord after weathering, the strengths of 48 pieces of cord that had been weathered for a specified length of time were investigated. The observed right-censored strength-values are given below:</p><p>26.8*, 29.6*, 33.4*, 35*, 36.3, 40*, 41.7, 41.9*, 42.5*, 43.9, 49.9, 50.1, 50.8, 51.9, 52.1, 52.3, 52.3, 52.4, 52.6, 52.7, 53.1, 53.6, 53.6, 53.9, 53.9, 54.1, 54.6, 54.8, 54.8, 55.1, 55.4, 55.9, 56, 56.1, 56.5, 56.9, 57.1, 57.1, 57.3, 57.7, 57.8, 58.1, 58.9, 59, 59.1, 59.6, 60.4, 60.7</p><p>We use the statistic test provided above to verify if these data are modelled by GKGPG distribution, and at that end, we first calculate the maximum likelihood estimators of the unknown parameters:</p><p>γ = ( a , b , c , α , β , θ ) T = ( 2.5134 , 1.6384 , 0.9467 , 0.3796 , 0.5931 , 1.7649 ) T (52)</p><table-wrap id="table2" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table2">Table 2</xref></label><caption><title> Simulated levels of significance for Y n 2 ( γ ) test for GKGPG model against their theoretical values ( ε = 0.01 , 0.05 , 0.10 )</title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >N = 10000</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n 1 = 30</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n 2 = 50</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n 3 = 150</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n 4 = 350</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >n 5 = 500</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >ε = 1 %</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0062</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0067</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0078</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0086</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0095</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >ε = 5 %</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0412</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0433</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0442</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0458</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0476</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >ε = 10 %</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0953</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0972</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0986</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.0998</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.1012</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><table-wrap id="table3" ><label><xref ref-type="table" rid="table3">Table 3</xref></label><caption><title> Values of p j , e j , U j , C ^ 1 j , C ^ 2 j , C ^ 3 j , C ^ 4 j , C ^ 5 j , C ^ 6 j </title></caption><table><tbody><thead><tr><th align="center" valign="middle" >p j</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >43.5</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >51</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >52.5</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >53.5</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >54.5</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >56.7</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >58</th><th align="center" valign="middle" >60.7</th></tr></thead><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >U j</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >9</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >4</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >3</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >5</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >9</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >6</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >7</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >e j</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9896</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9896</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9896</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9896</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9896</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9896</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9896</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9896</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >C ^ 1 j</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.1635</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0856</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−2.067</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0856</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−2.0345</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.8562</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.3462</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0374</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >C ^ 2 j</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.0845</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.5623</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.4326</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9764</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0844</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9134</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.4393</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0563</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >C ^ 3 j</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−2.1373</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−3.5162</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−1.846</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−4.1862</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.9463</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.7485</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−2.6314</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−1.8462</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >C ^ 4 j</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9347</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0236</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−4.1632</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0536</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.8326</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−2.6351</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−3.7486</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0536</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >C ^ 5 j</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.4963</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.0846</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.8631</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >0.9713</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.3719</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.6431</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.7931</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.1937</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" >C ^ 6 j</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−0.9384</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.0746</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.0314</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−1.5393</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.4639</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >1.7469</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >−1.0352</td><td align="center" valign="middle" >2.0845</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><p>Data are grouped into r = 7 intervals I j . We give the necessary calculus in <xref ref-type="table" rid="table3">Table 3</xref>.</p><p>Then we obtain the value of the statistic test Y n 2 :</p><p>Y n 2 = X 2 + Q = 5.6317 + 4.1237 = 10.7554 (53)</p><p>For significance level ε = 0.05 , the critical value χ 7 2 = 14.0671 is superior than the value of Y n 2 = 10.7554 , so we can say that the proposed model GKGPGfit these data.</p></sec><sec id="s10"><title>10. Conclusion</title><p>This research has successfully introduced and studied a six-parameter continuous distribution called the generalized Kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertz distribution. The plots of the probability density and cumulative distribution function have been analyzed. We have also derived some properties of the new distribution such as asymptotic behavior, quantile function for median, Skewness, and Kurtosis, and reliability analysis. The distribution of order statistics estimation of parameters based on censored and uncensored random samples using Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) has been provided. We evaluated the new goodness-of-fit statistic test Y n 2 and investigated some criteria tests for the generalized Kumaraswamy generalized power Gompertz distribution. A simulation study was carried out in applying the new model to datasets. The newly proposed model GKGPG adequately fits the data.</p></sec><sec id="s11"><title>Formation of the Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized</title><p>Defined in this paper has three shape parameters which control its Skewness, Kurtosis and tails. It can therefore be applied in more real-life situations. Maximum likelihood estimates are discussed, and modified chi-square goodness-of-fit tests for right censoring are constructed. The statistical test provided in this article can be used to fit unknown parameters and censorship into this model and its sub-models. The results and efficacy of the proposed test are shown in an important simulation study.</p></sec><sec id="s12"><title>Conflicts of Interest</title><p>The authors declare no conflict of interest.</p></sec><sec id="s13"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>Maxwell, O., Onyedikachi, I.P., Aidi, K., Akpa, C.I. and Seddik-Ameur, N. (2022) Generalized Kumaraswamy Generalized Power Gompertz Distribution: Statistical Properties, Application, and Validation Using a Modified Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Test. Applied Mathematics, 13, 243-262. https://doi.org/10.4236/am.2022.133019</p></sec></body><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="scirp.115984-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Economos, A.C. (1982) Rate of Aging, Rate of Dying and the Mechanism of Mortality. 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