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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # Skewness 22 23 > [Erlang][erlang-distribution] distribution [skewness][skewness]. 24 25 <!-- Section to include introductory text. Make sure to keep an empty line after the intro `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 26 27 <section class="intro"> 28 29 The [skewness][skewness] for an [Erlang][erlang-distribution] random variable with shape `k` and rate `λ` is 30 31 <!-- <equation class="equation" label="eq:erlang_skewness" align="center" raw="\operatorname{skew}\left( X \right) = \frac{2}{\sqrt{k}}" alt="Skewness for an Erlang distribution."> --> 32 33 <div class="equation" align="center" data-raw-text="\operatorname{skew}\left( X \right) = \frac{2}{\sqrt{k}}" data-equation="eq:erlang_skewness"> 34 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stdlib@51534079fef45e990850102147e8945fb023d1d0/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/erlang/skewness/docs/img/equation_erlang_skewness.svg" alt="Skewness for an Erlang distribution."> 35 <br> 36 </div> 37 38 <!-- </equation> --> 39 40 </section> 41 42 <!-- /.intro --> 43 44 <!-- Package usage documentation. --> 45 46 <section class="usage"> 47 48 ## Usage 49 50 ```javascript 51 var skewness = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/erlang/skewness' ); 52 ``` 53 54 #### skewness( k, lambda ) 55 56 Returns the [skewness][skewness] of an [Erlang][erlang-distribution] distribution with parameters `k` (shape parameter) and `lambda` (rate parameter). 57 58 ```javascript 59 var v = skewness( 1, 1.0 ); 60 // returns 2.0 61 62 v = skewness( 4, 12.0 ); 63 // returns 1.0 64 65 v = skewness( 8, 2.0 ); 66 // returns ~0.707 67 ``` 68 69 If provided `NaN` as any argument, the function returns `NaN`. 70 71 ```javascript 72 var v = skewness( NaN, 2.0 ); 73 // returns NaN 74 75 v = skewness( 2.0, NaN ); 76 // returns NaN 77 ``` 78 79 If not provided a positive integer for `k`, the function returns `NaN`. 80 81 ```javascript 82 var v = skewness( 1.8, 1.0 ); 83 // returns NaN 84 85 v = skewness( -1.0, 1.0 ); 86 // returns NaN 87 ``` 88 89 If provided `lambda <= 0`, the function returns `NaN`. 90 91 ```javascript 92 var v = skewness( 2, 0.0 ); 93 // returns NaN 94 95 v = skewness( 2, -1.0 ); 96 // returns NaN 97 ``` 98 99 </section> 100 101 <!-- /.usage --> 102 103 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 104 105 <section class="notes"> 106 107 </section> 108 109 <!-- /.notes --> 110 111 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 112 113 <section class="examples"> 114 115 ## Examples 116 117 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 118 119 ```javascript 120 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 121 var round = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/round' ); 122 var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' ); 123 var skewness = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/erlang/skewness' ); 124 125 var lambda; 126 var k; 127 var v; 128 var i; 129 130 for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) { 131 k = round( randu()*10.0 ); 132 lambda = ( randu()*10.0 ) + EPS; 133 v = skewness( k, lambda ); 134 console.log( 'k: %d, λ: %d, skew(X;k,λ): %d', k.toFixed( 4 ), lambda.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) ); 135 } 136 ``` 137 138 </section> 139 140 <!-- /.examples --> 141 142 <!-- Section to include cited references. If references are included, add a horizontal rule *before* the section. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 143 144 <section class="references"> 145 146 </section> 147 148 <!-- /.references --> 149 150 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 151 152 <section class="links"> 153 154 [erlang-distribution]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlang_distribution 155 156 [skewness]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewness 157 158 </section> 159 160 <!-- /.links -->