Postponed Pareto distribution

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The shifted Pareto distribution , also known as the Lomax distribution , is a probability distribution considered in mathematical statistics , which is particularly suitable for modeling major losses, especially in industrial and reinsurance. Mathematically, this is a Pareto distribution , the distribution curve of which is shifted by a fixed parameter value , from which the name of this distribution is derived.

definition

A continuous random variable is sufficient for the shifted Pareto distribution with the parameters and , if it is the probability density

owns. Here is a scale parameter of the distribution.

properties

Distribution function

The distribution function is given by

.

In particular thus for the survival function : .

Expected value

The expected value results from:

Variance

The variance can be given as

Standard deviation

The standard deviation results from the expected value and the variance

Coefficient of variation

The coefficient of variation is obtained from the expected value and the variance

Crookedness

For the skew results

Characteristic function

The characteristic function cannot be specified in closed form for the shifted Pareto distribution.

Moment generating function

The torque-generating function cannot be specified in closed form for the shifted Pareto distribution.

literature

  • Klaus Jürgen Schröter: Procedure for the approximation of the total damage distribution: systematization, techniques and comparisons. Volume 1 of the Karlsruher series, contributions to insurance science, Verlag Versicherungswirtsch., 1995, ISBN 978-3-88487-471-4 , p. 35.

Individual evidence

  1. Christian Hipp: Risk Theory 1 (script)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P 179, accessed June 17, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / insurance.fbv.kit.edu