Benfordness of the Generalized Gamma Distribution

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Authors Zelong Bi, Irfan Durmić, Steven J. Miller

Publication date 8 November 2022

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.10514, https://journals.calstate.edu/pump/article/view/2816

zbMATH Keywords

generalized gamma distributionBenford's lawPoisson summationdigit biasBenford distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability distributions: general theory (60E05) General theory of distribution modulo (1) (11K06) Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Fourier coefficients, Fourier series of functions with special properties, special Fourier series (42A16)

Abstract: The generalized gamma distribution shows up in many problems related to engineering, hydrology as well as survival analysis. Earlier work has been done that estimated the deviation of the exponential and the Weibull distribution from Benford's Law. We give a mathematical explanation for the Benfordness of the generalized gamma distribution and present a measure for the deviation of the generalized gamma distribution from the Benford distribution.

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