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The new model is capable of modeling both symmetric and asymmetric datasets, regardless of whether they are positively or negatively skewed. Its hazard rate functions can exhibit various behaviors, including increasing, decreasing, unimodal, or bathtub-shaped. The key characteristics of the OFW-W model are discussed, including the quantile function, median, reliability and hazard rate functions, kurtosis and skewness, mean waiting (residual) lifetimes, moments, and entropies. The unknown parameters of the model are estimated using eight different techniques. A comprehensive simulation study evaluates the performance of these estimators based on bias, mean squared error (MSE), and mean relative error (MRE). The practical usefulness of the OFW-W distribution is demonstrated through four real datasets from the fields of engineering and medicine, including complete data, upper record data, and type-II right-censored data. Comparisons with five other lifetime distributions reveal that the OFW-W model exhibits superior flexibility and capability in fitting various data types, highlighting its advantages and improvements. In conclusion, we anticipate that the OFW-W model will prove valuable in various applications, including human health, environmental studies, reliability theory, actuarial science, and medical sciences, among others.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17010131","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,17]],"date-time":"2025-01-17T10:27:58Z","timestamp":1737109678000},"page":"131","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Symmetric and Asymmetric Expansion of the Weibull Distribution: Features and Applications to Complete, Upper Record, and Type-II Right-Censored Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7585-5519","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mahmoud","family":"El-Morshedy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia"},{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"El-Dawoody","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adel A.","family":"El-Faheem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"A statistical theory of the strength of material","volume":"151","author":"Weibull","year":"1939","journal-title":"Proc. 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