Rayleigh distribution

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
gptkbp:application modeling noise amplitude
modeling wind speed
random vector magnitude
gptkbp:category statistical distributions
gptkbp:cumulativeDistributionFunction 1 - exp(-x^2/(2σ^2)) for x ≥ 0
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1880
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase gptkb:Weibull_distribution
gptkb:chi_distribution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rayleigh distribution
gptkbp:kurtosis 0.2451
gptkbp:meaning σ * sqrt(π/2)
gptkbp:mode σ
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lord_Rayleigh
gptkbp:parameter scale parameter (σ)
gptkbp:probabilityDensityFunction (x/σ^2) * exp(-x^2/(2σ^2)) for x ≥ 0
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Maxwell–Boltzmann_distribution
gptkbp:skewness 0.6311
gptkbp:supports x ≥ 0
gptkbp:type continuous probability distribution
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:signal_processing
physics
statistics
wireless communications
gptkbp:variant (2 - π/2) * σ^2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Strutt,_2nd_Baron_Rayleigh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6