scipy.stats.erlang

scipy.stats.erlang = <scipy.stats._continuous_distns.erlang_gen object>

An Erlang continuous random variable.

As an instance of the rv_continuous class, erlang object inherits from it a collection of generic methods (see below for the full list), and completes them with details specific for this particular distribution.

See also

gamma

Notes

The Erlang distribution is a special case of the Gamma distribution, with the shape parameter a an integer. Note that this restriction is not enforced by erlang. It will, however, generate a warning the first time a non-integer value is used for the shape parameter.

Refer to gamma for examples.

Methods

rvs(a, loc=0, scale=1, size=1, random_state=None)	Random variates.
pdf(x, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Probability density function.
logpdf(x, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Log of the probability density function.
cdf(x, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Cumulative distribution function.
logcdf(x, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Log of the cumulative distribution function.
sf(x, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Survival function (also defined as 1 - cdf, but sf is sometimes more accurate).
logsf(x, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Log of the survival function.
ppf(q, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Percent point function (inverse of cdf — percentiles).
isf(q, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Inverse survival function (inverse of sf).
moment(n, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Non-central moment of order n
stats(a, loc=0, scale=1, moments=’mv’)	Mean(‘m’), variance(‘v’), skew(‘s’), and/or kurtosis(‘k’).
entropy(a, loc=0, scale=1)	(Differential) entropy of the RV.
fit(data, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Parameter estimates for generic data.
expect(func, args=(a,), loc=0, scale=1, lb=None, ub=None, conditional=False, **kwds)	Expected value of a function (of one argument) with respect to the distribution.
median(a, loc=0, scale=1)	Median of the distribution.
mean(a, loc=0, scale=1)	Mean of the distribution.
var(a, loc=0, scale=1)	Variance of the distribution.
std(a, loc=0, scale=1)	Standard deviation of the distribution.
interval(alpha, a, loc=0, scale=1)	Endpoints of the range that contains alpha percent of the distribution