[R] Off topic - Compendium of distributions

[Francisco J. Zagmutt]

This is not an R related posting but I thought it would be interesting 
for readers of this list. Apologies for any cross-posting

Dear all

Our company Vose Software has just made a very comprehensive “Compendium 
of Distributions”  available for free online at 
www.vosesoftware.com/content/ebook.pdf.

The document explains the thinking behind and the uses of 76 
distributions and gives plots of the distributions with different 
parameter values.

It also has a section to give you a more intuitive understanding of 
formulas for things like density, moments, etc. and gives lists of 
possible candidate distributions for different types of problems like 
waiting time, stock price movements, expert estimates, etc.

We hope you will find it useful!

Regards,

Francisco

Francisco J. Zagmutt
Senior Risk Analysis Consultant
Vose Consulting
1643 Spruce St., Boulder
Boulder, CO, 80302
USA
francisco(at)voseconsulting(com)
www.voseconsulting.com