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The new family is defined by a stochastic representation of a scaled mixture of a random variable with a Gompertz distribution (G) and a random variable with a uniform distribution on the interval (0,1). The result of this gives rise to a new random variable with a Slash Gompertz (SG) distribution that is more flexible than the Gompertz distribution, that is, it better models atypical data, presenting tails heavier than the Gompertz distribution. The density and some general properties of the resulting family are studied, including its moments and kurtosis coefficient. The inference of the parameters is carried out using the method of moments and maximum likelihood. Finally, illustrations of particular cases of this family are shown, adjusting in this case two sets of real data and estimating the parameters by maximum likelihood, where it is verified that this new family of distributions fits the reliability function better than the distributions of Gompertz (G), Slash Birnbaum Saunders (SBS), Slash Weibull (SW), and Gompertz-Verhults (GV).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym14061207","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,13]],"date-time":"2022-06-13T06:31:59Z","timestamp":1655101919000},"page":"1207","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A More Flexible Reliability Model Based on the Gompertz Function and the Generalized Integro-Exponential Function"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2921-3056","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jimmy","family":"Reyes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Matem\u00e1ticas, Facultad de Ciencias B\u00e1sicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 1270300, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pedro L.","family":"Cort\u00e9s","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Matem\u00e1ticas, Facultad de Ciencias B\u00e1sicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 1270300, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mario A.","family":"Rojas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Matem\u00e1ticas, Facultad de Ciencias B\u00e1sicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 1270300, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0534-1774","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jaime","family":"Arru\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Matem\u00e1ticas, Facultad de Ciencias B\u00e1sicas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta 1270300, Chile"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"513","article-title":"On the nature of the expressive function of the law of human mortality and on a new way of determining the value of vital contingencies","volume":"115","author":"Gompertz","year":"1825","journal-title":"Philos. 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