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GammaDistribution Class

Class GammaDistribution represents the gamma probability distribution.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  CenterSpace.NMath.CoreProbabilityDistribution
    CenterSpace.NMath.CoreGammaDistribution

Namespace: CenterSpace.NMath.Core
Assembly: NMath (in NMath.dll) Version: 7.4
Syntax
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[SerializableAttribute]
public class GammaDistribution : ProbabilityDistribution, 
	IRandomVariableMoments

The GammaDistribution type exposes the following members.

Constructors
 NameDescription
Public methodGammaDistribution Default constructor. Constructs a GammaDistribution instance with alpha and beta equal to 1.
Public methodGammaDistribution(Double, Double) Constructs a GammaDistribution instance with the given alpha and beta.
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Properties
 NameDescription
Public propertyAlpha Gets and sets the alpha shape parameter.
Public propertyBeta Gets and sets the beta shape parameter.
Public propertyKurtosis Gets the kurtosis, a measure of the degree of peakednesss of the distribution.
Public propertyMean Gets the mean of the distribution.
Public propertySkewness Gets the skewness, a measure of the degree of asymmetry of this distribution.
Public propertyVariance Gets the variance of the distribution.
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Methods
 NameDescription
Public methodCDF Returns the cumulative density function evaluated at a given value.
(Overrides ProbabilityDistributionCDF(Double))
Public methodClone Creates a deep copy of this GammaDistribution.
(Overrides ProbabilityDistributionClone)
Public methodInverseCDF Returns the inverse cumulative density function evaluated at a given value.
(Overrides ProbabilityDistributionInverseCDF(Double))
Protected methodInverseCdfUsingBracket Uses a bracketing method to evaluate the inverse of cumulative distribution functions.
(Inherited from ProbabilityDistribution)
Protected methodInverseDiscreteCdfUsingBracket Uses a bracketing method to evaluate the inverse of cumulative distribution functions for discrete distributions.
(Inherited from ProbabilityDistribution)
Public methodPDF Returns the probability density function evaluated at a given value.
(Overrides ProbabilityDistributionPDF(Double))
Public methodToString Returns a formatted string representation of this distribution.
(Overrides ProbabilityDistributionToString)
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Remarks
The gamma distribution is a family of curves with two free parameters: alpha and beta. When alpha is large, the gamma distribution closely approximates a normal distribution.
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