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Find at least one distribution with given parameters [closed]
There is a continuous probability distribution that I have only limited information about. I know that its PDF is a smooth unimodal function with exactly $2$ inflection points; I also know numeric ...
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Can I impose some a priori constraints on a distribution found by SmoothKernelDistribution?
I use SmoothKernelDistribution (with no options and a single argument — a list of values) to get an approximate reconstruction of a continuous distribution based on ...
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How is N[Mean[distribution]] evaluated?
Particularly when applied to calculating the (population) mean of a (continuous univariate) random variable, as in
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How to pass a custom method to a particular option?
In an answer to my question More efficient method to compute moments of the Johnson $S_B$ distribution, J. M. has come up with a method to compute the moments of the Johnson $S_B$ distribution, which ...
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More efficient method to compute moments of the Johnson $S_B$ distribution
Here is a very specific feature request. I need
Mean[JohnsonDistribution["SB", γ, δ, 0, 1]]
When I issue e.g.
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Why doesn't NSolve work for this equality? Wildly incorrect solutions are given in certain cases
I am trying to write a function that solves for p in the following equation:
PDF[BinomialDistribution[n, p], x] == op
The ...
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How to compute the inverse CDF of HyperbolicDistribution properly?
Fixed in version 9.
I want to compute the CDF and inverse CDF of the hyperbolic distribution:
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