python - What are the loc and scale parameters in scipy.stats.maxwell? -
the maxwell-boltzmann distribution given maxwell-boltzmann http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/maxwelldistribution/inline9.gif. scipy.stats.maxwell distribution uses loc , scale parameters define distribution. how parameters in 2 definitions connected? appreciate if tell in general how determine relation between parameters in scipy.stats , usual definition.
the loc
parameter always shifts x
variable. in other words, generalizes distribution allow shifting x=0
x=loc
. when loc
nonzero,
maxwell.pdf(x) = sqrt(2/pi)x**2 * exp(-x**2/2), x > 0
becomes
maxwell.pdf(x, loc) = sqrt(2/pi)(x-loc)**2 * exp(-(x-loc)**2/2), x > loc.
the doc string scipy.stats.maxwell
states:
a special case of
chi
distribution,df = 3
,loc = 0.0
, , givenscale = a
,a
parameter used in mathworld description.
so scale corresponds parameter a
in equation
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/maxwelldistribution/inline9.gif
in general need read distribution's doc string know parameters distribution has. the beta distribution, example, has a
, b
shape parameters in addition loc
, scale
.
however, believe continuous distributions, distribution.pdf(x, loc, scale)
identically equivalent distribution.pdf(y) / scale
y = (x - loc) / scale
.
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