William L. Hosch
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
William L. Hosch was an editor at Encyclopædia Britannica.
Primary Contributions (151)
Gamma distribution, in statistics, continuous distribution function with two positive parameters, α and β, for shape and scale, respectively, applied to the gamma function. Gamma distributions occur frequently in models used in engineering (such as time to failure of equipment and load levels for…
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