Distribution Class
Definition
Assembly: Numerics.NET (in Numerics.NET.dll) Version: 9.0.3
[SerializableAttribute]
public abstract class Distribution
- Inheritance
- Object → Distribution
- Derived
Remarks
The distribution of a variable is a description of the relative numbers of times each possible outcome will occur in a number of trials. The function describing the distribution is called the probability function or probability density function, and the function describing the cumulative probability that a given value or any value smaller than it will occur is called the cumulative distribution function.
Distributions can be univariate, meaning the outcome is expressed by a single number, or multivariate, meaning the outcome is expressed using multiple numbers. Most commonly used distributions are univariate distributions.
There are two main types of univariate distributions: discrete and continuous. A discrete probability distribution is a statistical distribution whose variables can take on only discrete values. A continuous probability distribution is a statistical distribution whose variables can take on any value within an interval. The interval can be infinite.
Notes to inheritors: You should not inherit from Distribution directly. Instead, inherit from DiscreteDistribution if you are implementing a discrete probability distribution, and from ContinuousDistribution if you are implementing a continuous probability distribution.
Constructors
Distribution | Constructs a new Distribution object. |
Properties
Capabilities | Gets a value that indicates the capabilities of the distribution class. |
Entropy | Gets the entropy of the distribution. |
Kurtosis | Gets the kurtosis of the distribution. |
Mean | Gets the mean or expectation value of the distribution. |
Skewness | Gets the skewness of the distribution. |
Standard | Gets the standard deviation of the distribution. |
Statistic | Gets the common symbol to describe a statistic from the distribution. |
Variance | Gets the variance of the distribution. |
Methods
Equals | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object) |
Get | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object) |
Get | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
Memberwise | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object) |
ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object) |