New mixture model revolutionizes data analysis in various scientific fields!
The article introduces a new mixture model based on the Weibull distribution to analyze different types of data sets. The model can show various shapes of hazard rates, including a bathtub-shaped one commonly seen in reliability studies. The researchers proved that the new model is unique and explored its properties and hazard rate function. By using real data from mechanical engineering, they found that the two-component version of the model fits better than other lifetime distributions. This new mixture model is a valuable tool for studying lifetime data in many fields.