pymc.dims.Wald#

class pymc.dims.Wald(name, *dist_params, dims=None, initval=None, observed=None, total_size=None, transform=UNSET, default_transform=UNSET, model=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Wald distribution.

The pdf of this distribution is

\[f(x \mid \mu, \lambda) = \left(\frac{\lambda}{2\pi}\right)^{1/2} x^{-3/2} \exp\left\{ -\frac{\lambda}{2x}\left(\frac{x-\mu}{\mu}\right)^2 \right\}\]

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

../../../_images/pymc-dims-Wald-1.png

Support

\(x \in (0, \infty)\)

Mean

\(\mu\)

Variance

\(\dfrac{\mu^3}{\lambda}\)

Wald distribution can be parameterized either in terms of lam or phi. The link between the two parametrizations is given by

\[\phi = \dfrac{\lambda}{\mu}\]
Parameters:
muxtensor_like of float, optional

Mean of the distribution (mu > 0).

lamxtensor_like of float, optional

Relative precision (lam > 0).

phixtensor_like of float, optional

Alternative shape parameter (phi > 0).

alphaxtensor_like of float, default 0

Shift/location parameter (alpha >= 0).

Notes

To instantiate the distribution specify any of the following

  • only mu (in this case lam will be 1)

  • mu and lam

  • mu and phi

  • lam and phi

References

[Tweedie1957]

Tweedie, M. C. K. (1957). Statistical Properties of Inverse Gaussian Distributions I. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 362-377

[Michael1976]

Michael, J. R., Schucany, W. R. and Hass, R. W. (1976). Generating Random Variates Using Transformations with Multiple Roots. The American Statistician, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 88-90

[Giner2016]

Göknur Giner, Gordon K. Smyth (2016) statmod: Probability Calculations for the Inverse Gaussian Distribution

Methods

Wald.dist([mu, lam, phi, alpha])