Rlab (version 4.5.1)

Exponential: The Exponential Distribution

Description

Density, distribution function, quantile function and random generation for the exponential distribution with mean beta or 1/rate).

This special Rlab implementation allows the parameter beta to be used, to match the function description often found in textbooks.

Usage

dexp(x, rate = 1, beta = 1/rate, log = FALSE)
pexp(q, rate = 1, beta = 1/rate, lower.tail = TRUE, log.p = FALSE)
qexp(p, rate = 1, beta = 1/rate, lower.tail = TRUE, log.p = FALSE)
rexp(n, rate = 1, beta = 1/rate)

Value

dexp gives the density,

pexp gives the distribution function,

qexp gives the quantile function, and

rexp generates random deviates.

Arguments

x, q

vector of quantiles.

p

vector of probabilities.

n

number of observations. If length(n) > 1, the length is taken to be the number required.

beta

vector of means.

rate

vector of rates.

log, log.p

logical; if TRUE, probabilities p are given as log(p).

lower.tail

logical; if TRUE (default), probabilities are \(P[X \le x]\), otherwise, \(P[X > x]\).

Details

If beta (or rate) is not specified, it assumes the default value of 1.

The exponential distribution with rate \(\lambda\) has density $$ f(x) = \lambda {e}^{- \lambda x}$$ for \(x \ge 0\).

References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

See Also

exp for the exponential function, dgamma for the gamma distribution and dweibull for the Weibull distribution, both of which generalize the exponential.

Examples

dexp(1) - exp(-1) #-> 0