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Using the fact that a Gamma(1, 1) distribution is the same as an Exp(1) distribution, and noting the method of generating exponential variables, we conclude that if U is uniformly distributed on (0, 1], then −ln U is distributed Gamma(1, 1) (i.e. inverse transform sampling).
The Gamma distribution, which describes the time until n consecutive rare random events occur in a process with no memory. The Erlang distribution, which is a special case of the gamma distribution with integral shape parameter, developed to predict waiting times in queuing systems; The inverse-gamma distribution; The generalized gamma distribution
The generalized gamma distribution is a continuous probability distribution with two shape parameters (and a scale parameter). It is a generalization of the gamma distribution which has one shape parameter (and a scale parameter).
In probability theory and statistics, the inverse gamma distribution is a two-parameter family of continuous probability distributions on the positive real line, which is the distribution of the reciprocal of a variable distributed according to the gamma distribution. Perhaps the chief use of the inverse gamma distribution is in Bayesian ...
The sum of n exponential (β) random variables is a gamma (n, β) random variable. Since n is an integer, the gamma distribution is also a Erlang distribution. The sum of the squares of N standard normal random variables has a chi-squared distribution with N degrees of freedom.
In Bayesian probability theory, if, given a likelihood function (), the posterior distribution is in the same probability distribution family as the prior probability distribution (), the prior and posterior are then called conjugate distributions with respect to that likelihood function and the prior is called a conjugate prior for the likelihood function ().
In fact, this distribution is sometimes called the Erlang-k distribution (e.g., an Erlang-2 distribution is an Erlang distribution with =). The gamma distribution generalizes the Erlang distribution by allowing k to be any positive real number, using the gamma function instead of the factorial function.
The probability density function of Gamma distribution for different parameters. See below for the spec and Gnuplot source code. Date: 26 June 2010, 18:31 (UTC) Source: Gamma_distribution_pdf.png; Author: Gamma_distribution_pdf.png: MarkSweep and Cburnett; derivative work: Autopilot (talk)