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Box–Cox distribution

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In statistics, the Box–Cox distribution (also known as the power-normal distribution) is the distribution of a random variable X for which the Box–Cox transformation on X follows a truncated normal distribution. It is a continuous probability distribution having probability density function (pdf) given by

f ( y ) = 1 ( 1 I ( f < 0 ) sgn ( f ) Φ ( 0 , m , s ) ) 2 π s 2 exp { 1 2 s 2 ( y f f m ) 2 }

for y > 0, where m is the location parameter of the distribution, s is the dispersion, ƒ is the family parameter, I is the indicator function, Φ is the cumulative distribution function of the standard normal distribution, and sgn is the sign function.

Special cases

  • ƒ = 1 gives a truncated normal distribution.
  • References

    Box–Cox distribution Wikipedia


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