Abstract: The gamma distribution includes the chi-squared, Erlang, and exponential distributions as special cases, but the shape parameter of the gamma is not confined to integer values. The gamma distribution starts at the origin and has a flexible shape. The parameters are easy to estimate by matching moments. This chapter discusses variate relationships, parameter estimation, and random number generation for gamma distribution. It explains inverted gamma distribution, normal gamma distribution and generalized gamma distribution. Controlled Vocabulary Terms control variate; generalized gamma distribution; inverse-gamma distribution; normal-gamma distribution
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-11-29
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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