Fréchet distribution
Probability density function | |||
Cumulative distribution function | |||
Parameters |
shape. (Optionally, two more parameters) scale (default: ) location of minimum (default: ) | ||
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Support | |||
CDF | |||
Mean | |||
Median | |||
Mode | |||
Variance | |||
Skewness | |||
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Entropy |
, where is the Euler–Mascheroni constant. | ||
MGF | [1] Note: Moment exists if | ||
CF | [1] |
The Fréchet distribution, also known as inverse Weibull distribution,[2][3] is a special case of the generalized extreme value distribution. It has the cumulative distribution function
where α > 0 is a shape parameter. It can be generalised to include a location parameter m (the minimum) and a scale parameter s > 0 with the cumulative distribution function
Named for
Characteristics
The single parameter Fréchet with parameter has standardized moment
(with ) defined only for :
where is the Gamma function.
In particular:
- For the expectation is
- For the variance is
The quantile of order can be expressed through the inverse of the distribution,
- .
In particular the median is:
The mode of the distribution is
Especially for the 3-parameter Fréchet, the first quartile is and the third quartile
Also the quantiles for the mean and mode are:
Applications
- In plotting positions as part of the cumulative frequency analysis.
However, in most hydrological applications, the distribution fitting is via the generalized extreme value distribution as this avoids imposing the assumption that the distribution does not have a lower bound (as required by the Frechet distribution). [citation needed]
- In decline curve analysis, a declining pattern the time series data of oil or gas production rate over time for a well can be described by the Fréchet distribution.[8]
- One test to assess whether a multivariate distribution is asymptotically dependent or independent consists of transforming the data into standard Fréchet margins using the transformation and then mapping from Cartesian to pseudo-polar coordinates . Values of correspond to the extreme data for which at least one component is large while approximately 1 or 0 corresponds to only one component being extreme.
- In Economics it is used to model the idiosyncratic component of preferences of individuals for different products (Labor Economics).
Related distributions
- If (Uniform distribution (continuous)) then
- If then
- If and then
- The cumulative distribution function of the Frechet distribution solves the maximum stability postulate equation
- If then its reciprocal is Weibull-distributed:
Properties
- The Frechet distribution is a max stable distribution
- The negative of a random variable having a Frechet distribution is a min stable distribution
See also
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-61728-655-1.
- ^ Khan, M.S.; Pasha, G.R.; Pasha, A.H. (February 2008). "Theoretical analysis of inverse Weibull distribution" (PDF). WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics. 7 (2): 30–38.
- ISSN 0932-5026.
- Ann. Soc. Polon. Math.6: 93.
- S2CID 123125823.
- OCLC 180577.
- ISBN 978-1-85233-459-8.
- .
Further reading
- Kotz, S.; Nadarajah, S. (2000). Extreme Value Distributions: Theory and applications. World Scientific. ISBN 1-86094-224-5.
External links
- Hurairah, Ahmed; Ibrahim, Noor Akma; bin Daud, Isa; Haron, Kassim (February 2005). "An application of a new extreme value distribution to air pollution data". Management of Environmental Quality. 16 (1): 17–25. ISSN 1477-7835.
- "wfrechstat: Mean and variance for the Frechet distribution". Wave Analysis for Fatigue and Oceanography (WAFO) (Matlabsoftware & docs). Centre for Mathematical Science. Lund University / Lund Institute of Technology. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via www.maths.lth.se.