gigMeanVarMode function

Moments and Mode of the Generalized Inverse Gaussian Distribution

Functions to calculate the mean, variance, skewness, kurtosis and mode of a specific generalized inverse Gaussian distribution.

gigMean(Theta)
gigVar(Theta)
gigSkew(Theta)
gigKurt(Theta)
gigMode(Theta)

Arguments

• Theta: Parameter vector of the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution.

Returns

gigMean gives the mean of the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution, gigVar the variance, gigSkew the skewness, gigKurt the kurtosis, and gigMode the mode. The formulae used are as given in Jorgensen (1982), pp. 13--17. Note that the kurtosis is the standardised fourth cumulant or what is sometimes called the kurtosis excess. (See http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Kurtosis.html for a discussion.)

The parameterization used for the generalized inverse Gaussian distribution is the $(chi, psi)$ one (see dgig). To use another parameterization, use gigChangePars.

References

Jorgensen, B. (1982). Statistical Properties of the Generalized Inverse Gaussian Distribution. Lecture Notes in Statistics, Vol. 9, Springer-Verlag, New York.

Author(s)

David Scott d.scott@auckland.ac.nz

See Also

dgig, gigChangePars, besselK

Examples

Theta <- c(-0.5,5,2.5)
gigMean(Theta)
gigVar(Theta)
gigSkew(Theta)
gigKurt(Theta)
gigMode(Theta)