gamma distribution

Noun

 * 1)  Any of a family of two-parameter continuous probability distributions, of which the common exponential distribution and chi-square distribution are special cases.
 * 2) * 1999 [1977, Wiley], Jean Dickinson Gibbons, Ingram Olkin, Milton Sobel, Selecting and Ordering Populations: A New Statistical Methodology,, Republished unabridged and corrected, page 328,
 * The ranking and selection problems in this chapter apply to populations that follow the gamma distribution. The gamma distribution model is used widely in many fields of applications, particularly in engineering and the social and physical sciences.
 * The ranking and selection problems in this chapter apply to populations that follow the gamma distribution. The gamma distribution model is used widely in many fields of applications, particularly in engineering and the social and physical sciences.