a continuous two-parameter distribution from which the chi-square and exponential distributions are derived, written Gamma (α. β), where α and β are greater than zero, and defined in terms of the gamma function
Examples of 'gamma distribution' in a sentence
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The rate variation among sites was modeled using gamma distribution.
Mateus Laguardia-Nascimento, Ana Paula Ferreira de Oliveira, Fernanda Rodas PiresFernandes, Anselmo Vasconcelos Rivetti, Marcelo Fernandes Camargos, Antônio AugustoFonseca Júnior 2017, 'Detection of pseudocowpox virus in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) with vesiculardisease in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2016', Veterinary Quarterlyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01652176.2016.1252479. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All of hyper parameters follow the gamma distribution.
Yunshan Sun, Liyi Zhang, Teng Fei, Xiaopei Liu 2017, 'Variational Bayesian blind restoration reconstruction based on shear wave transformfor low-dose medical CT image', EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processinghttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13640-017-0234-x. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The values of the index were well fit by a gamma distribution.
Gahbauer Evelyne A, Mitnitski Arnold, Searle Samuel D, Gill Thomas M, Rockwood Kenneth 2008, 'A standard procedure for creating a frailty index', BMC Geriatricshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/8/24. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We suggest that a gamma distribution function might more adequately represent the appearance of advances.
Osvaldo Pessoa Jr. 2006, 'Computation of Probabilities in Causal Models of History of Science', Principia: An International Journal of Epistemologyhttp://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/14458/18021. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Droplet diameter and ejection speeds were fit by a gamma distribution.
Renee B. Pietsch, Hinrich Grothe, Regina Hanlon, Craig W. Powers, Sunghwan Jung, ShaneD. Ross, David G. Schmale III 2018, 'Wind-driven spume droplet production and the transport of Pseudomonas syringae fromaquatic environments', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/5663.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper presents a new class of probability distributions generated from the gamma distribution.
Cícero Carlos Ramos de Brito, Frank Gomes-Silva, Leandro Chaves Rêgo, Wilson Rosade Oliveira 2017, 'A new class of gamma distribution', Acta Scientiarum: Technologyhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciTechnol/article/view/29890. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In particular, industry-specific enterprises can have different size distributions of the type of gamma distribution.
Sang Sup Cho 2017, 'A study on firm size distribution of the service sector and manufacturing sector',Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurshiphttps://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/APJIE-12-2016-011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Rainfall amounts are very variable and are usually modeled by a gamma distribution.
Birhan Getachew, Menberu Teshome 2018, 'Markov chain modeling of daily rainfall in Lay Gaint Woreda, South Gonder Zone, Ethiopia',Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Managementhttp://jdmlm.ub.ac.id/index.php/jdmlm/article/view/394. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These models are the log-normal and the gamma-gamma distribution.
B. Epple, H. Henniger, S. Kurz, H. Haan 2011, 'Rural Optical-Propagation Measurements', Radioengineeringwww.radioeng.cz/fulltexts/2011/11_01_049_054.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)