Rice Distribution

Parameters

Domain

Probability Density Function

Cumulative Distribution Function

where is the modified Bessel function of the first kind of order zero, and is the Marcum Q-function.

Worksheet and VBA Functions

The following worksheet and VBA functions are available for this distribution:

Description	VBA Functions	Worksheet Functions
Distribution Fitting	-	=DistFit("Rice";Data)
Probability Density Function	RicePdf(x,nu,sigma)	=RicePdf(nu;sigma) =DistPdf("Rice(nu;sigma)";x)
Cumulative Distribution Function	RiceCdf(x,nu,sigma)	=RiceCdf(nu;sigma) =DistCdf("Rice(nu;sigma)";x)
Survival Function	RiceSurv(x,nu,sigma)	=DistSurv("Rice(nu;sigma)";x)
Hazard Function	RiceHaz(x,nu,sigma)	=RiceHaz(nu;sigma) =DistHaz("Rice(nu;sigma)";x)
Cumulative Hazard Function	RiceCumHaz(x,nu,sigma)	=DistCumHaz("Rice(nu;sigma)";x)
Inverse CDF (Quantile Function)	RiceInv(P,nu,sigma)	=RiceInv(nu;sigma) =DistInv("Rice(nu;sigma)";P)
Random Numbers	RiceRand(nu,sigma)	=RiceRand(nu;sigma) =DistRand("Rice(nu;sigma)")
Mean	RiceMean(nu,sigma)	=RiceMean(nu;sigma) =DistMean("Rice(nu;sigma)")
Variance	RiceVar(nu,sigma)	=RiceVar(nu;sigma) =DistVar("Rice(nu;sigma)")
Standard Deviation	RiceStdev(nu,sigma)	=RiceStdev(nu;sigma) =DistStdev("Rice(nu;sigma)")