Generalized double Lindley distribution: A new model for weather and financial data

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we introduce a generalization of the two-parameter double Lindley distribution (TPDLD) of Kumar and Jose [C. S. Kumar and R. Jose, A new generalization to Laplace distribution, J. Math. Comput. 31 2020, 8–32], namely the generalized double Lindley distribution (GDLD) along with its location-scale extension (EGDLD). Then we discuss the estimation of parameters of the EGDLD by the maximum likelihood estimation procedure. Next, we illustrate this estimation procedure with the help of certain real life data sets, and a simulation study is carried out to examine the performance of various estimators of the parameters of the distribution.