Generalized Gamma           package:rmutil           R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     These functions provide information about the generalized gamma
     distribution with location parameter equal to `m', dispersion
     equal to `s', and family parameter equal to `f'. `dggamma' gives
     the density, `pggamma' gives the distribution function, `hggamma'
     gives the hazard function.

     The generalized gamma distribution has density

      f(y) = 1/((m/s)^(fs) Gamma(s)) y^(f(s-1)) exp(-(y s/m)^f)


     where m is the location parameter of the distribution, s is the
     dispersion, and f is the family parameter.

     f=1 yields a gamma distribution, s=1 a Weibull distribution, and
     s=infinity a log normal distribution.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     dggamma(y, m, s, f)
     pggamma(q, m, s, f)
     hggamma(y, m, s, f)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       y: vector of responses.

       q: vector of quantiles.

       m: vector of location parameters.

       s: vector of dispersion parameters.

       f: vector of family parameters.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     J.K. Lindsey

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     `dgamma' for the gamma distribution, `dweibull' for the Weibull
     distribution, `dlnorm' for the log normal distribution.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     dggamma(2, 5, 4, 2)
     pggamma(2, 5, 4, 2)

