The inverse Gaussian distribution
is parameterized by a loc and a concentration parameter. It's also known
as the Wald distribution. Some, e.g., the Python scipy package, refer to the
special case when loc is 1 as the Wald distribution.
tfd_inverse_gaussian( loc, concentration, validate_args = FALSE, allow_nan_stats = TRUE, name = "InverseGaussian" )
| loc | Floating-point |
|---|---|
| concentration | Floating-point |
| validate_args | Logical, default FALSE. When TRUE distribution parameters are checked for validity despite possibly degrading runtime performance. When FALSE invalid inputs may silently render incorrect outputs. Default value: FALSE. |
| allow_nan_stats | Logical, default TRUE. When TRUE, statistics (e.g., mean, mode, variance) use the value NaN to indicate the result is undefined. When FALSE, an exception is raised if one or more of the statistic's batch members are undefined. |
| name | name prefixed to Ops created by this class. |
a distribution instance.
The "inverse" in the name does not refer to the distribution associated to the multiplicative inverse of a random variable. Rather, the cumulant generating function of this distribution is the inverse to that of a Gaussian random variable.
Mathematical Details
The probability density function (pdf) is,
pdf(x; mu, lambda) = [lambda / (2 pi x ** 3)] ** 0.5
exp{-lambda(x - mu) ** 2 / (2 mu ** 2 x)}
where
loc = mu
concentration = lambda.
The support of the distribution is defined on (0, infinity).
Mapping to R and Python scipy's parameterization:
R: statmod::invgauss
mean = loc
shape = concentration
dispersion = 1 / concentration. Used only if shape is NULL.
Python: scipy.stats.invgauss
mu = loc / concentration
scale = concentration
For usage examples see e.g. tfd_sample(), tfd_log_prob(), tfd_mean().
Other distributions:
tfd_autoregressive(),
tfd_batch_reshape(),
tfd_bates(),
tfd_bernoulli(),
tfd_beta_binomial(),
tfd_beta(),
tfd_binomial(),
tfd_categorical(),
tfd_cauchy(),
tfd_chi2(),
tfd_chi(),
tfd_cholesky_lkj(),
tfd_continuous_bernoulli(),
tfd_deterministic(),
tfd_dirichlet_multinomial(),
tfd_dirichlet(),
tfd_empirical(),
tfd_exp_gamma(),
tfd_exp_inverse_gamma(),
tfd_exponential(),
tfd_gamma_gamma(),
tfd_gamma(),
tfd_gaussian_process_regression_model(),
tfd_gaussian_process(),
tfd_generalized_normal(),
tfd_geometric(),
tfd_gumbel(),
tfd_half_cauchy(),
tfd_half_normal(),
tfd_hidden_markov_model(),
tfd_horseshoe(),
tfd_independent(),
tfd_inverse_gamma(),
tfd_johnson_s_u(),
tfd_joint_distribution_named_auto_batched(),
tfd_joint_distribution_named(),
tfd_joint_distribution_sequential_auto_batched(),
tfd_joint_distribution_sequential(),
tfd_kumaraswamy(),
tfd_laplace(),
tfd_linear_gaussian_state_space_model(),
tfd_lkj(),
tfd_log_logistic(),
tfd_log_normal(),
tfd_logistic(),
tfd_mixture_same_family(),
tfd_mixture(),
tfd_multinomial(),
tfd_multivariate_normal_diag_plus_low_rank(),
tfd_multivariate_normal_diag(),
tfd_multivariate_normal_full_covariance(),
tfd_multivariate_normal_linear_operator(),
tfd_multivariate_normal_tri_l(),
tfd_multivariate_student_t_linear_operator(),
tfd_negative_binomial(),
tfd_normal(),
tfd_one_hot_categorical(),
tfd_pareto(),
tfd_pixel_cnn(),
tfd_poisson_log_normal_quadrature_compound(),
tfd_poisson(),
tfd_power_spherical(),
tfd_probit_bernoulli(),
tfd_quantized(),
tfd_relaxed_bernoulli(),
tfd_relaxed_one_hot_categorical(),
tfd_sample_distribution(),
tfd_sinh_arcsinh(),
tfd_skellam(),
tfd_spherical_uniform(),
tfd_student_t_process(),
tfd_student_t(),
tfd_transformed_distribution(),
tfd_triangular(),
tfd_truncated_cauchy(),
tfd_truncated_normal(),
tfd_uniform(),
tfd_variational_gaussian_process(),
tfd_vector_diffeomixture(),
tfd_vector_exponential_diag(),
tfd_vector_exponential_linear_operator(),
tfd_vector_laplace_diag(),
tfd_vector_laplace_linear_operator(),
tfd_vector_sinh_arcsinh_diag(),
tfd_von_mises_fisher(),
tfd_von_mises(),
tfd_weibull(),
tfd_wishart_linear_operator(),
tfd_wishart_tri_l(),
tfd_wishart(),
tfd_zipf()