Normal-exponential-gamma distribution

In probability theory and statistics, the normal-exponential-gamma distribution (sometimes called the NEG distribution) is a three-parameter family of continuous probability distributions. It has a location parameter , scale parameter and a shape parameter .

Normal-Exponential-Gamma
Parameters μR — mean (location)
shape
scale
Support
PDF
Mean
Median
Mode
Variance for
Skewness 0

Probability density function

The probability density function (pdf) of the normal-exponential-gamma distribution is proportional to

,

where D is a parabolic cylinder function.[1]

As for the Laplace distribution, the pdf of the NEG distribution can be expressed as a mixture of normal distributions,

where, in this notation, the distribution-names should be interpreted as meaning the density functions of those distributions.

Within this scale mixture, the scale's mixing distribution (an exponential with a gamma-distributed rate) actually is a Lomax distribution.

Applications

The distribution has heavy tails and a sharp peak[1] at and, because of this, it has applications in variable selection.

See also


References

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