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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JDS</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Data Science</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">1680-743X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1680-743X</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>SOSRUC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">140206</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.6339/JDS.201604_14(2).0006</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <article-title>Beta Linear Failure Rate Geometric Distribution with Applications</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Oluyede</surname>
            <given-names>Broderick O.</given-names>
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        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_000">Department of Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Southern University</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Elbatal</surname>
            <given-names>Ibrahim</given-names>
          </name>
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        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_001">Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Huang</surname>
            <given-names>Shujiao</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_JDS_aff_002">Department of Mathematics, University of Houston</aff>
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      <volume>14</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>317</fpage>
      <lpage>346</lpage>
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        <p>Abstract: This paper introduces the beta linear failure rate geometric (BLFRG) distribution, which contains a number of distributions including the exponentiated linear failure rate geometric, linear failure rate geometric, linear failure rate, exponential geometric, Rayleigh geometric, Rayleigh and exponential distributions as special cases. The model further generalizes the linear failure rate distribution. A comprehensive investigation of the model properties including moments, conditional moments, deviations, Lorenz and Bonferroni curves and entropy are presented. Estimates of model parameters are given. Real data examples are presented to illustrate the usefulness and applicability of the distribution.</p>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>Beta linear failure rate distribution</kwd>
        <kwd>Linear failure rate geometric distribution</kwd>
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