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BRADFORD DISTRIBUTION ​

Phitter implementation ​

Distribution Definition

python
import phitter

distribution = phitter.continuous.Bradford({"c": *, "min": *, "max": *})

💡 The distribution's parameters are defined equation section below

Distribution Methods and Attributes

python
## CDF, PDF, PPF receive float or numpy.ndarray.
distribution.cdf(float | numpy.ndarray) # -> float | numpy.ndarray
distribution.pdf(float | numpy.ndarray) # -> float | numpy.ndarray
distribution.ppf(float | numpy.ndarray) # -> float | numpy.ndarray
distribution.sample(int) # -> numpy.ndarray

## STATS
distribution.mean # -> float
distribution.variance # -> float
distribution.standard_deviation # -> float
distribution.skewness # -> float
distribution.kurtosis # -> float
distribution.median # -> float
distribution.mode # -> float

Equations ​

Distribution Definition

X∼Bradford(c,min,max)

Distribution Domain

x∈(min,max)

Parameters Domain and Constraints

c∈R+,min∈R,max∈R,min<max

Cumulative Distribution Function

FX(x)=ln⁡(1+c⋅z(x))k

Probability Density Function

fX(x)=ck(1+c⋅z(x))(max−min)

Percent Point Function / Sample

FX−1(u)=min+(max−min)×(1+c)u−1c

Parametric Centered Moments

μ~k′=E[X~k]=∫01xkfX~(x)dx

Parametric Mean

Mean(X)=min+(max−min)⋅μ~1′=min+(max−min)⋅c−kck

Parametric Variance

Variance(X)=(max−min)2⋅(μ~2′−μ~1′2)=(max−min)2⋅(c+2)k−2c2ck2

Parametric Skewness

Skewness(X)=μ~3′−3μ~2′μ~1′+2μ~1′3(μ~2′−μ~1′2)1.5=2(12c2−9kc(c+2)+2k2(c(c+3)+3))c(c(k−2)+2k)(3c(k−2)+6k)

Parametric Kurtosis

Kurtosis(X)=μ~4′−4μ~1′μ~3′+6μ~1′2μ~2′−3μ~1′4(μ~2′−μ~1′2)2=3+c3(k−3)(k(3k−16)+24)+12kc2(k−4)(k−3)+6ck2(3k−14)+12k33c(c(k−2)+2k)2

Parametric Median

Median(X)=min+(max−min)⋅(1+c)frac12−1c

Parametric Mode

Mode(X)=min

Additional Information and Definitions

  • X~∼Bradford(c,0,1)
  • k=ln⁡(1+c)
  • z(x)=(x−min)/(max−min)
  • u:Uniform[0,1] random varible

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