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numpy.random.weibull¶
- numpy.random.weibull(a, size=None)¶
Draw samples from a Weibull distribution.
Draw samples from a 1-parameter Weibull distribution with the given shape parameter a.
Here, U is drawn from the uniform distribution over (0,1].
The more common 2-parameter Weibull, including a scale parameter is just .
Parameters: a : float
Shape of the distribution.
size : int or tuple of ints, optional
Output shape. If the given shape is, e.g., (m, n, k), then m * n * k samples are drawn. Default is None, in which case a single value is returned.
Returns: samples : ndarray
See also
scipy.stats.distributions.weibull_max, scipy.stats.distributions.weibull_min, scipy.stats.distributions.genextreme, gumbel
Notes
The Weibull (or Type III asymptotic extreme value distribution for smallest values, SEV Type III, or Rosin-Rammler distribution) is one of a class of Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distributions used in modeling extreme value problems. This class includes the Gumbel and Frechet distributions.
The probability density for the Weibull distribution is
where is the shape and the scale.
The function has its peak (the mode) at .
When a = 1, the Weibull distribution reduces to the exponential distribution.
References
[R275] Waloddi Weibull, Royal Technical University, Stockholm, 1939 “A Statistical Theory Of The Strength Of Materials”, Ingeniorsvetenskapsakademiens Handlingar Nr 151, 1939, Generalstabens Litografiska Anstalts Forlag, Stockholm. [R276] Waloddi Weibull, “A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability”, Journal Of Applied Mechanics ASME Paper 1951. [R277] Wikipedia, “Weibull distribution”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibull_distribution Examples
Draw samples from the distribution:
>>> a = 5. # shape >>> s = np.random.weibull(a, 1000)
Display the histogram of the samples, along with the probability density function:
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>> x = np.arange(1,100.)/50. >>> def weib(x,n,a): ... return (a / n) * (x / n)**(a - 1) * np.exp(-(x / n)**a)
>>> count, bins, ignored = plt.hist(np.random.weibull(5.,1000)) >>> x = np.arange(1,100.)/50. >>> scale = count.max()/weib(x, 1., 5.).max() >>> plt.plot(x, weib(x, 1., 5.)*scale) >>> plt.show()
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