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Statistics[Distributions]

  

Maxwell

  

Maxwell distribution

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

References

Calling Sequence

Maxwell(alpha)

MaxwellDistribution(alpha)

Parameters

alpha

-

scale parameter

Description

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The Maxwell distribution is a continuous probability distribution with probability density function given by:

  

subject to the following conditions:

• 

Note that the Maxwell command is inert and should be used in combination with the RandomVariable command.

Examples

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References

  

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

  

Johnson, Normal 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.

See Also

Statistics

Statistics[Distributions]

Statistics[RandomVariable]

 


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