pymc.Gamma#

class pymc.Gamma(name, *args, rng=None, dims=None, initval=None, observed=None, total_size=None, transform=UNSET, **kwargs)[source]#

Gamma log-likelihood.

Represents the sum of alpha exponentially distributed random variables, each of which has rate beta.

The pdf of this distribution is

\[f(x \mid \alpha, \beta) = \frac{\beta^{\alpha}x^{\alpha-1}e^{-\beta x}}{\Gamma(\alpha)}\]

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../../../_images/pymc-Gamma-1.png

Support

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

Mean

\(\dfrac{\alpha}{\beta}\)

Variance

\(\dfrac{\alpha}{\beta^2}\)

Gamma distribution can be parameterized either in terms of alpha and beta or mean and standard deviation. The link between the two parametrizations is given by

\[\begin{split}\alpha &= \frac{\mu^2}{\sigma^2} \\ \beta &= \frac{\mu}{\sigma^2}\end{split}\]
Parameters:
alphatensor_like of float, optional

Shape parameter (alpha > 0).

betatensor_like of float, optional

Rate parameter (beta > 0).

mutensor_like of float, optional

Alternative shape parameter (mu > 0).

sigmatensor_like of float, optional

Alternative scale parameter (sigma > 0).

Methods

Gamma.dist([alpha, beta, mu, sigma])

Creates a tensor variable corresponding to the cls distribution.