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  2. Gamma distribution - Wikipedia

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    Phylogenetic analyzes that use the gamma distribution to model rate variation estimate a single parameter from the data because they limit consideration to distributions where α = λ. This parameterization means that the mean of this distribution is 1 and the variance is 1/α. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods typically use a discrete ...

  3. List of probability distributions - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Generalized gamma distribution - Wikipedia

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    The quantile function can be found by noting that (;,,) = ((/)) where is the cumulative distribution function of the gamma distribution with parameters = / and =. The quantile function is then given by inverting F {\displaystyle F} using known relations about inverse of composite functions , yielding:

  5. Normal-gamma distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, the normal-gamma distribution (or Gaussian-gamma distribution) is a bivariate four-parameter family of continuous probability distributions. It is the conjugate prior of a normal distribution with unknown mean and precision .

  6. Gamma function - Wikipedia

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    The gamma function then is defined in the complex plane as the analytic continuation of this integral function: it is a meromorphic function which is holomorphic except at zero and the negative integers, where it has simple poles. The gamma function has no zeros, so the reciprocal gamma function ⁠ 1 / Γ(z) ⁠ is an entire function.

  7. Relationships among probability distributions - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Inverse-gamma distribution - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Compound probability distribution - Wikipedia

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    For example, count data are commonly modeled using the Poisson distribution, whose variance is equal to its mean. The distribution may be generalized by allowing for variability in its rate parameter, implemented via a gamma distribution, which results in a marginal negative binomial distribution. This distribution is similar in its shape to ...