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RayleighDistribution
RayleighDistribution
[
]
represents the Rayleigh distribution with scale parameter
.
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The probability density for value
in a Rayleigh distribution is proportional to
for
, and is zero for
.
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RayleighDistribution
allows
to be any positive real number.
RayleighDistribution
can be used with such functions as
Mean
,
CDF
and
RandomReal
.
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The mean and variance of a Rayleigh distribution:
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Probability density function:
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