FRIDAY, November 4, 2005
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM
E & CS Building Room 2120

Title: A General Class of Linearly Structured Bivariate Lifetime Distributions

Norou Diawara
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Auburn University

In this talk, a method for deriving general class of bivariate lifetime distributions is presented. A linear associated bivariate pairs is described that, when a solution exists, guarantees pre-selected marginal distributions, including exponential, gamma, and the extreme value distributions. We further develop a general class of finite bivariate mixtures, examine its mathematical properties and discuss its application to supervised and unsupervised classification. Bivariate parameter estimation is developed and applied to real and simulated data.