how to calculate the gamma distribution in matlab

To calculate the gamma distribution in MATLAB, you can use the gampdf and gamcdf functions.

The gampdf function computes the probability density function (PDF) of the gamma distribution, given its shape parameter a and scale parameter b. The PDF of the gamma distribution is defined as follows:

gamma_pdf

where x is the random variable, a and b are the shape and scale parameters respectively, and Γ is the gamma function.

Here's an example code snippet that calculates the gamma PDF for various values of a and b, and plots the results:

main.m
a_values = [1 2 3];     % shape parameter
b_values = [2 2 4];     % scale parameter

x = linspace(0, 10, 1000);  % generate 1000 points between 0 and 10

% calculate PDF for each value of a and b
pdfs = zeros(length(a_values), length(x));
for i = 1:length(a_values)
    pdfs(i,:) = gampdf(x, a_values(i), b_values(i));
end

% plot the PDFs
figure;
hold on;
plot(x, pdfs(1,:), 'r-', 'LineWidth', 2);
plot(x, pdfs(2,:), 'g--', 'LineWidth', 2);
plot(x, pdfs(3,:), 'b-.', 'LineWidth', 2);
xlabel('x');
ylabel('PDF(x)');
legend('a=1, b=2', 'a=2, b=2', 'a=3, b=4');
title('Gamma PDFs for different a and b');
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The gamcdf function computes the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the gamma distribution, given its shape parameter a, scale parameter b, and upper endpoint x. The CDF of the gamma distribution is defined as follows:

gamma_cdf

Here's an example code snippet that calculates the gamma CDF for various values of a, b, and x, and plots the results:

main.m
a_values = [1 2 3];     % shape parameter
b_values = [2 2 4];     % scale parameter
x_values = [2 4 6];     % upper endpoint

% calculate CDF for each value of a, b, and x
cdfs = zeros(length(a_values), length(x_values));
for i = 1:length(a_values)
    for j = 1:length(x_values)
        cdfs(i,j) = gamcdf(x_values(j), a_values(i), b_values(i));
    end
end

% plot the CDFs
figure;
hold on;
plot(x_values, cdfs(1,:), 'r-', 'LineWidth', 2);
plot(x_values, cdfs(2,:), 'g--', 'LineWidth', 2);
plot(x_values, cdfs(3,:), 'b-.', 'LineWidth', 2);
xlabel('x');
ylabel('CDF(x)');
legend('a=1, b=2', 'a=2, b=2', 'a=3, b=4');
title('Gamma CDFs for different a, b, and x');
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