PiecewiseDistribution Class

[SerializableAttribute]
public class PiecewiseDistribution : ContinuousDistribution

<SerializableAttribute>
Public Class PiecewiseDistribution
	Inherits ContinuousDistribution

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class PiecewiseDistribution : public ContinuousDistribution

[<SerializableAttribute>]
type PiecewiseDistribution = 
    class
        inherit ContinuousDistribution
    end

Inheritance

Object  →  Distribution  →  ContinuousDistribution  →  PiecewiseDistribution

Use the PiecewiseDistribution class to represent a distribution whose distribution function is a piecewise linear function. In addition to the piecewise function, the distribution has two parameters: LowerBound and UpperBound that specify the interval where the probability is nonzero.

The PiecewiseDistribution can be used to approximate any continuous probability distribution. Note, however, that the higher order moments in particular are very sensitive to the behavior of the tails. It may be difficult to obtain a good approximation.

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