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I am trying to calculate the density function of a continuos random variable in range in Julia using Distributions, but I am not able to define the range. I used Truncator constructor to construct the distribution, but I have no idea how to define the range. By density function I mean P(a


Would appreciate any help. The distribution I'm using is Gamma btw!



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    I am trying to calculate the density function of a continuos random variable in range in Julia using Distributions, but I am not able to define the range. I used Truncator constructor to construct the distribution, but I have no idea how to define the range. By density function I mean P(a


    Would appreciate any help. The distribution I'm using is Gamma btw!



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      I am trying to calculate the density function of a continuos random variable in range in Julia using Distributions, but I am not able to define the range. I used Truncator constructor to construct the distribution, but I have no idea how to define the range. By density function I mean P(a


      Would appreciate any help. The distribution I'm using is Gamma btw!



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      I am trying to calculate the density function of a continuos random variable in range in Julia using Distributions, but I am not able to define the range. I used Truncator constructor to construct the distribution, but I have no idea how to define the range. By density function I mean P(a


      Would appreciate any help. The distribution I'm using is Gamma btw!



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          To get the maximum and minimum of the support of distribution d just write maximum(d) and minimum(d) respectively. Note that for some distributions this might be infinity, e.g. maximum(Normal()) is Inf.






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          • My questing is about continuos random variables not discrete and this works fine for discrete, but of course it wont work for continuos that's why I'm using truncation

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 22 '18 at 23:09











          • This works both for continuous and discrete random variables. But I see that you have changed your question now - you have the answer to it in the comment by 张实唯 below.

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:42



















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          What version of Julia and Distributions du you use? In Distribution v0.16.4, it can be easily defined with the second and third arguments of Truncated.



          julia> a = Gamma()
          Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0)

          julia> b = Truncated(a, 2, 3)
          Truncated(Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0), range=(2.0, 3.0))

          julia> p = rand(b, 1000);

          julia> extrema(p)
          (2.0007680527633305, 2.99864177354943)


          You can see the document of Truncated by typing ?Truncated in REPL and enter.






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          • Thanks for the response! But I don't think my question was understood properly (I edited it btw). What I am trying to calculate is the probability of x being between two values. So for example in your example, I want something like P(2<x<3). I think what you did is just defining x in that range but that's not the probability. I'm using Julia 0.6.2

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 4:06








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            Then, why not simply cdf(x, 3) - cdf(x, 2).

            – 张实唯
            Nov 23 '18 at 6:56






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            Exactly. With one small note that cdf evaluates P(X<= a) not P(X<a) (which in case of continuous distributions is the same, but not in general).

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:40











          • I have no idea why this didn't cross my mind! But yeah you're right, it works well now

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 16:50











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          To get the maximum and minimum of the support of distribution d just write maximum(d) and minimum(d) respectively. Note that for some distributions this might be infinity, e.g. maximum(Normal()) is Inf.






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          • My questing is about continuos random variables not discrete and this works fine for discrete, but of course it wont work for continuos that's why I'm using truncation

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 22 '18 at 23:09











          • This works both for continuous and discrete random variables. But I see that you have changed your question now - you have the answer to it in the comment by 张实唯 below.

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:42
















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          To get the maximum and minimum of the support of distribution d just write maximum(d) and minimum(d) respectively. Note that for some distributions this might be infinity, e.g. maximum(Normal()) is Inf.






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          • My questing is about continuos random variables not discrete and this works fine for discrete, but of course it wont work for continuos that's why I'm using truncation

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 22 '18 at 23:09











          • This works both for continuous and discrete random variables. But I see that you have changed your question now - you have the answer to it in the comment by 张实唯 below.

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:42














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          To get the maximum and minimum of the support of distribution d just write maximum(d) and minimum(d) respectively. Note that for some distributions this might be infinity, e.g. maximum(Normal()) is Inf.






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          To get the maximum and minimum of the support of distribution d just write maximum(d) and minimum(d) respectively. Note that for some distributions this might be infinity, e.g. maximum(Normal()) is Inf.







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          • My questing is about continuos random variables not discrete and this works fine for discrete, but of course it wont work for continuos that's why I'm using truncation

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 22 '18 at 23:09











          • This works both for continuous and discrete random variables. But I see that you have changed your question now - you have the answer to it in the comment by 张实唯 below.

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:42



















          • My questing is about continuos random variables not discrete and this works fine for discrete, but of course it wont work for continuos that's why I'm using truncation

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 22 '18 at 23:09











          • This works both for continuous and discrete random variables. But I see that you have changed your question now - you have the answer to it in the comment by 张实唯 below.

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:42

















          My questing is about continuos random variables not discrete and this works fine for discrete, but of course it wont work for continuos that's why I'm using truncation

          – Chris Martin
          Nov 22 '18 at 23:09





          My questing is about continuos random variables not discrete and this works fine for discrete, but of course it wont work for continuos that's why I'm using truncation

          – Chris Martin
          Nov 22 '18 at 23:09













          This works both for continuous and discrete random variables. But I see that you have changed your question now - you have the answer to it in the comment by 张实唯 below.

          – Bogumił Kamiński
          Nov 23 '18 at 7:42





          This works both for continuous and discrete random variables. But I see that you have changed your question now - you have the answer to it in the comment by 张实唯 below.

          – Bogumił Kamiński
          Nov 23 '18 at 7:42













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          What version of Julia and Distributions du you use? In Distribution v0.16.4, it can be easily defined with the second and third arguments of Truncated.



          julia> a = Gamma()
          Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0)

          julia> b = Truncated(a, 2, 3)
          Truncated(Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0), range=(2.0, 3.0))

          julia> p = rand(b, 1000);

          julia> extrema(p)
          (2.0007680527633305, 2.99864177354943)


          You can see the document of Truncated by typing ?Truncated in REPL and enter.






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          • Thanks for the response! But I don't think my question was understood properly (I edited it btw). What I am trying to calculate is the probability of x being between two values. So for example in your example, I want something like P(2<x<3). I think what you did is just defining x in that range but that's not the probability. I'm using Julia 0.6.2

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 4:06








          • 2





            Then, why not simply cdf(x, 3) - cdf(x, 2).

            – 张实唯
            Nov 23 '18 at 6:56






          • 1





            Exactly. With one small note that cdf evaluates P(X<= a) not P(X<a) (which in case of continuous distributions is the same, but not in general).

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:40











          • I have no idea why this didn't cross my mind! But yeah you're right, it works well now

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 16:50
















          0














          What version of Julia and Distributions du you use? In Distribution v0.16.4, it can be easily defined with the second and third arguments of Truncated.



          julia> a = Gamma()
          Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0)

          julia> b = Truncated(a, 2, 3)
          Truncated(Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0), range=(2.0, 3.0))

          julia> p = rand(b, 1000);

          julia> extrema(p)
          (2.0007680527633305, 2.99864177354943)


          You can see the document of Truncated by typing ?Truncated in REPL and enter.






          share|improve this answer
























          • Thanks for the response! But I don't think my question was understood properly (I edited it btw). What I am trying to calculate is the probability of x being between two values. So for example in your example, I want something like P(2<x<3). I think what you did is just defining x in that range but that's not the probability. I'm using Julia 0.6.2

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 4:06








          • 2





            Then, why not simply cdf(x, 3) - cdf(x, 2).

            – 张实唯
            Nov 23 '18 at 6:56






          • 1





            Exactly. With one small note that cdf evaluates P(X<= a) not P(X<a) (which in case of continuous distributions is the same, but not in general).

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:40











          • I have no idea why this didn't cross my mind! But yeah you're right, it works well now

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 16:50














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          What version of Julia and Distributions du you use? In Distribution v0.16.4, it can be easily defined with the second and third arguments of Truncated.



          julia> a = Gamma()
          Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0)

          julia> b = Truncated(a, 2, 3)
          Truncated(Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0), range=(2.0, 3.0))

          julia> p = rand(b, 1000);

          julia> extrema(p)
          (2.0007680527633305, 2.99864177354943)


          You can see the document of Truncated by typing ?Truncated in REPL and enter.






          share|improve this answer













          What version of Julia and Distributions du you use? In Distribution v0.16.4, it can be easily defined with the second and third arguments of Truncated.



          julia> a = Gamma()
          Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0)

          julia> b = Truncated(a, 2, 3)
          Truncated(Gamma{Float64}(α=1.0, θ=1.0), range=(2.0, 3.0))

          julia> p = rand(b, 1000);

          julia> extrema(p)
          (2.0007680527633305, 2.99864177354943)


          You can see the document of Truncated by typing ?Truncated in REPL and enter.







          share|improve this answer












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          • Thanks for the response! But I don't think my question was understood properly (I edited it btw). What I am trying to calculate is the probability of x being between two values. So for example in your example, I want something like P(2<x<3). I think what you did is just defining x in that range but that's not the probability. I'm using Julia 0.6.2

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 4:06








          • 2





            Then, why not simply cdf(x, 3) - cdf(x, 2).

            – 张实唯
            Nov 23 '18 at 6:56






          • 1





            Exactly. With one small note that cdf evaluates P(X<= a) not P(X<a) (which in case of continuous distributions is the same, but not in general).

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:40











          • I have no idea why this didn't cross my mind! But yeah you're right, it works well now

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 16:50



















          • Thanks for the response! But I don't think my question was understood properly (I edited it btw). What I am trying to calculate is the probability of x being between two values. So for example in your example, I want something like P(2<x<3). I think what you did is just defining x in that range but that's not the probability. I'm using Julia 0.6.2

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 4:06








          • 2





            Then, why not simply cdf(x, 3) - cdf(x, 2).

            – 张实唯
            Nov 23 '18 at 6:56






          • 1





            Exactly. With one small note that cdf evaluates P(X<= a) not P(X<a) (which in case of continuous distributions is the same, but not in general).

            – Bogumił Kamiński
            Nov 23 '18 at 7:40











          • I have no idea why this didn't cross my mind! But yeah you're right, it works well now

            – Chris Martin
            Nov 23 '18 at 16:50

















          Thanks for the response! But I don't think my question was understood properly (I edited it btw). What I am trying to calculate is the probability of x being between two values. So for example in your example, I want something like P(2<x<3). I think what you did is just defining x in that range but that's not the probability. I'm using Julia 0.6.2

          – Chris Martin
          Nov 23 '18 at 4:06







          Thanks for the response! But I don't think my question was understood properly (I edited it btw). What I am trying to calculate is the probability of x being between two values. So for example in your example, I want something like P(2<x<3). I think what you did is just defining x in that range but that's not the probability. I'm using Julia 0.6.2

          – Chris Martin
          Nov 23 '18 at 4:06






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          Then, why not simply cdf(x, 3) - cdf(x, 2).

          – 张实唯
          Nov 23 '18 at 6:56





          Then, why not simply cdf(x, 3) - cdf(x, 2).

          – 张实唯
          Nov 23 '18 at 6:56




          1




          1





          Exactly. With one small note that cdf evaluates P(X<= a) not P(X<a) (which in case of continuous distributions is the same, but not in general).

          – Bogumił Kamiński
          Nov 23 '18 at 7:40





          Exactly. With one small note that cdf evaluates P(X<= a) not P(X<a) (which in case of continuous distributions is the same, but not in general).

          – Bogumił Kamiński
          Nov 23 '18 at 7:40













          I have no idea why this didn't cross my mind! But yeah you're right, it works well now

          – Chris Martin
          Nov 23 '18 at 16:50





          I have no idea why this didn't cross my mind! But yeah you're right, it works well now

          – Chris Martin
          Nov 23 '18 at 16:50


















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