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Harmonic distribution

In probability theory and statistics, the harmonic distribution is a continuous probability distribution. It was discovered by Étienne Halphen, who had become interested in the statistical modeling of natural events. His practical experience in data analysis motivated him to pioneer a new system of distributions that provided sufficient flexibility to fit a large variety of data sets. Halphen restricted his search to distributions whose parameters could be estimated using simple statistical approaches. Then, Halphen introduced for the first time what he called the Harmonic distribution pr Harmonic Law..The harmonic law is a special case of the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution family when γ = 0 {displaystyle gamma =0} . In probability theory and statistics, the harmonic distribution is a continuous probability distribution. It was discovered by Étienne Halphen, who had become interested in the statistical modeling of natural events. His practical experience in data analysis motivated him to pioneer a new system of distributions that provided sufficient flexibility to fit a large variety of data sets. Halphen restricted his search to distributions whose parameters could be estimated using simple statistical approaches. Then, Halphen introduced for the first time what he called the Harmonic distribution pr Harmonic Law..The harmonic law is a special case of the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution family when γ = 0 {displaystyle gamma =0} .

[ "Harmonic analysis", "Harmonics" ]
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