Student[Statistics]
UniformRandomVariable
uniform (rectangular) random variable
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UniformRandomVariable(a, b)
a
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lower bound parameter
b
upper bound parameter
The uniform distribution is a continuous probability random variable with probability density function given by:
subject to the following conditions:
The uniform variate is related to the unit parameter Beta variate by Uniform(0,1) ~ Beta(1,1).
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.
The Student[Statistics][UniformRandomVariable] command was introduced in Maple 18.
For more information on Maple 18 changes, see Updates in Maple 18.
See Also
Statistics[Distributions][Uniform]
Student
Student[Statistics][RandomVariable]
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