DirichletDistribution Class

[SerializableAttribute]
public sealed class DirichletDistribution : MultivariateContinuousDistribution

<SerializableAttribute>
Public NotInheritable Class DirichletDistribution
	Inherits MultivariateContinuousDistribution

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class DirichletDistribution sealed : public MultivariateContinuousDistribution

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type DirichletDistribution = 
    class
        inherit MultivariateContinuousDistribution
    end

Inheritance

Object  →  MultivariateContinuousDistribution  →  DirichletDistribution

The Dirichlet distribution is a generalization of the Beta distribution to the multivariate case. It is often used in Bayesian analysis.

The Dirichlet distribution of order K is defined on a hyperplane in K dimensions. The distribution has a vector of shape parameters of length K.

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