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In probability theory and statistics, the exponential distribution or negative exponential distribution is the probability distribution of the distance between events in a Poisson point process, i.e., a process in which events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate; the distance parameter could be any meaningful mono-dimensional measure of the process, such as time ...
In probability theory, an exponentially modified Gaussian distribution (EMG, also known as exGaussian distribution) describes the sum of independent normal and exponential random variables. An exGaussian random variable Z may be expressed as Z = X + Y , where X and Y are independent, X is Gaussian with mean μ and variance σ 2 , and Y is ...
Some distributions have been specially named as compounds: beta-binomial distribution, Beta negative binomial distribution, gamma-normal distribution. Examples: If X is a Binomial( n , p ) random variable, and parameter p is a random variable with beta( α , β ) distribution, then X is distributed as a Beta-Binomial( α , β , n ).
Diagram showing queueing system equivalent of a hyperexponential distribution. In probability theory, a hyperexponential distribution is a continuous probability distribution whose probability density function of the random variable X is given by
The probability density function of the wrapped exponential distribution is [1] (;) = = (+) =,for < where > is the rate parameter of the unwrapped distribution. This is identical to the truncated distribution obtained by restricting observed values X from the exponential distribution with rate parameter λ to the range <.
In probability and statistics, an exponential family is a parametric set of probability distributions of a certain form, specified below. This special form is chosen for mathematical convenience, including the enabling of the user to calculate expectations, covariances using differentiation based on some useful algebraic properties, as well as for generality, as exponential families are in a ...
A phase-type distribution is a probability distribution constructed by a convolution or mixture of exponential distributions. [1] It results from a system of one or more inter-related Poisson processes occurring in sequence, or phases. The sequence in which each of the phases occurs may itself be a stochastic process.
In statistics, the method of estimating equations is a way of specifying how the parameters of a statistical model should be estimated.This can be thought of as a generalisation of many classical methods—the method of moments, least squares, and maximum likelihood—as well as some recent methods like M-estimators.