HypoexponentialDistribution

HypoexponentialDistribution[{λ1,,λm}]

represents an m-phase hypoexponential distribution with rates λ1, , λm.

Details

Background & Context

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Probability density function:

Cumulative distribution function:

Mean and variance:

Median can be found exactly in some cases:

But the general closed form does not exist:

Scope  (8)

Generate a sample of pseudorandom numbers from a hypoexponential distribution:

Compare the histogram to the PDF:

Distribution parameters estimation:

Estimate the distribution parameters from sample data:

Compare a density histogram of the sample with the PDF of the estimated distribution:

Skewness:

The limiting values:

When both parameters go to simultaneously:

Kurtosis:

The limiting values:

When both parameters go to simultaneously:

Different moments with closed forms as functions of parameters:

Moment:

CentralMoment:

FactorialMoment:

Cumulant:

Closed form for symbolic order:

Hazard function:

Quantile function:

Consistent use of Quantity in parameters yields QuantityDistribution:

Convert to days:

Find the median service time:

Applications  (1)

A process is composed of three independent consecutive steps, each with mean time exponentially distributed with parameters 0.003 hr.^(-1), .002 hr.^(-1), and 0.01 hr.^(-1) respectively. Find the probability that the process takes less than 500 hours:

Find the mean duration of the process:

Find the median duration of the process:

Simulate the duration of the process in 50 consecutive runs:

Properties & Relations  (11)

The variation coefficient of hypoexponential distribution is always less than the variation coefficient of ExponentialDistribution:

There are no valid parameters such that the variation coefficient of the hypoexponential distribution is greater than or equal to the variation coefficient of an exponential distribution:

Theoretically there is no limit on the length of the vector of s:

Hypoexponential distribution is invariant under any permutation of the rates vector:

HypoexponentialDistribution is closed under addition:

HypoexponentialDistribution is closed under scaling by a positive factor:

Relationships to other distributions:

Sum of independent variables following ExponentialDistribution has hypoexponential distribution:

Hypoexponential distribution with single rate reduces to ExponentialDistribution:

HypoexponentialDistribution is a special case of CoxianDistribution:

Hypoexponential distribution with all rates equal is ErlangDistribution:

Hypoexponential distribution for all rates equal is GammaDistribution:

Neat Examples  (1)

PDFs for different μ values with CDF contours:

Wolfram Research (2012), HypoexponentialDistribution, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HypoexponentialDistribution.html (updated 2016).

Text

Wolfram Research (2012), HypoexponentialDistribution, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HypoexponentialDistribution.html (updated 2016).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2012. "HypoexponentialDistribution." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2016. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HypoexponentialDistribution.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2012). HypoexponentialDistribution. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HypoexponentialDistribution.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_hypoexponentialdistribution, author="Wolfram Research", title="{HypoexponentialDistribution}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HypoexponentialDistribution.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_hypoexponentialdistribution, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={HypoexponentialDistribution}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/HypoexponentialDistribution.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}