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GammaRandomVariable

  

gamma random variable

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

References

Compatibility

Calling Sequence

GammaRandomVariable(b, c)

Parameters

b

-

scale parameter

c

-

shape parameter

Description

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The gamma random variable is a continuous probability random variable with probability density function given by:

  

subject to the following conditions:

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The gamma variate with scale parameter b and shape parameter 1 is equivalent to the Exponential variate with scale parameter b.

Examples

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References

  

Evans, Merran; Hastings, Nicholas; and Peacock, Brian. Statistical Distributions. 3rd ed. Hoboken: Wiley, 2000.

  

Johnson, Norman L.; Kotz, Samuel; and Balakrishnan, N. Continuous Univariate Distributions. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Hoboken: Wiley, 1995.

  

Stuart, Alan, and Ord, Keith. Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics. 6th ed. London: Edward Arnold, 1998. Vol. 1: Distribution Theory.

Compatibility

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The Student[Statistics][GammaRandomVariable] command was introduced in Maple 18.

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For more information on Maple 18 changes, see Updates in Maple 18.

See Also

Statistics[Distributions][Gamma]

Student

Student[Statistics]

Student[Statistics][RandomVariable]

 


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