numpy.random.logistic¶

numpy.random.logistic(loc=0.0, scale=1.0, size=None)¶

Draw samples from a logistic distribution.

Samples are drawn from a logistic distribution with specified parameters, loc (location or mean, also median), and scale (>0).

Parameters:

Parameters:	loc : float or array_like of floats, optional Parameter of the distribution. Default is 0. scale : float or array_like of floats, optional Parameter of the distribution. Should be greater than zero. Default is 1. 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. If size is `None` (default), a single value is returned if `loc` and `scale` are both scalars. Otherwise, `np.broadcast(loc, scale).size` samples are drawn.
Returns:	out : ndarray or scalar Drawn samples from the parameterized logistic distribution.

loc : float or array_like of floats, optional

Parameter of the distribution. Default is 0.

scale : float or array_like of floats, optional

Parameter of the distribution. Should be greater than zero. Default is 1.

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. If size is None (default), a single value is returned if loc and scale are both scalars. Otherwise, np.broadcast(loc, scale).size samples are drawn.

Returns:

out : ndarray or scalar

Drawn samples from the parameterized logistic distribution.

See also

scipy.stats.logistic: probability density function, distribution or cumulative density function, etc.

Notes

The probability density for the Logistic distribution is

$P(x) = P(x) = \frac{e^{-(x-\mu)/s}}{s(1+e^{-(x-\mu)/s})^2},$

where $\mu$ = location and $s$ = scale.

The Logistic distribution is used in Extreme Value problems where it can act as a mixture of Gumbel distributions, in Epidemiology, and by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) where it is used in the Elo ranking system, assuming the performance of each player is a logistically distributed random variable.

References

[R232]

Reiss, R.-D. and Thomas M. (2001), “Statistical Analysis of Extreme Values, from Insurance, Finance, Hydrology and Other Fields,” Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, pp 132-133.

[R233]

Weisstein, Eric W. “Logistic Distribution.” From MathWorld–A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LogisticDistribution.html

[R234]

Wikipedia, “Logistic-distribution”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_distribution

Examples

Draw samples from the distribution:

>>> loc, scale = 10, 1
>>> s = np.random.logistic(loc, scale, 10000)
>>> count, bins, ignored = plt.hist(s, bins=50)

# plot against distribution

>>> def logist(x, loc, scale):
...     return exp((loc-x)/scale)/(scale*(1+exp((loc-x)/scale))**2)
>>> plt.plot(bins, logist(bins, loc, scale)*count.max()/\
... logist(bins, loc, scale).max())
>>> plt.show()

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