Normal-exponential-gamma distribution
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In probability theory and statistics, the normal-exponential-gamma distribution (sometimes called the NEG distribution) is a three-parameter family of continuous probability distributions. It has a location parameter , scale parameter and a shape parameter .
Probability density function
The probability density function (pdf) of the normal-exponential-gamma distribution is proportional to
- ,
where D is a parabolic cylinder function.[1]
As for the Laplace distribution, the pdf of the NEG distribution can be expressed as a mixture of normal distributions,
where, in this notation, the distribution-names should be interpreted as meaning the density functions of those distributions.
Within this scale mixture, the scale's mixing distribution (an exponential with a gamma-distributed rate) actually is a Lomax distribution.
Applications
The distribution has heavy tails and a sharp peak[1] at and, because of this, it has applications in variable selection.
See also
References
- ^ a b http://www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/SCB/seminars/121416154.html [dead link]
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