U-quadratic distribution

U-quadratic
Probability density function

Parameters

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Support
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Entropy TBD
MGF See text
CF See text

In probability theory and statistics, the U-quadratic distribution is a continuous probability distribution defined by a unique convex quadratic function with lower limit a and upper limit b.

Parameter relations

This distribution has effectively only two parameters a, b, as the other two are explicit functions of the support defined by the former two parameters:

(gravitational balance center, offset), and

(vertical scale).

Differential equation

The probability density function of this distribution is a solution of the following differential equation if parameters a and b are used:

If α and β are used as parameters, the equation becomes:

One can introduce a vertically inverted ()-quadratic distribution in analogous fashion.

Applications

This distribution is a useful model for symmetric bimodal processes. Other continuous distributions allow more flexibility, in terms of relaxing the symmetry and the quadratic shape of the density function, which are enforced in the U-quadratic distribution – e.g., beta distribution and gamma distribution.

Moment generating function

Characteristic function

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