log-normal distribution

log-normal distribution
a distribution of a random variable x such that y = ln x has a normal distribution; it is often used to model incubation times for diseases.

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  • Matrix normal distribution — parameters: mean row covariance column covariance. Parameters are matrices (all of them). support: is a matrix …   Wikipedia

  • Distribución log-normal — En probabilidades y estadísticas, la distribución log normal es una distribución de probabilidad de cualquier variable aleatoria con su logaritmo normalmente distribuido (la base de una función logarítmica no es importante, ya que loga X está… …   Wikipedia Español

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