Gamma/Gompertz distribution

In probability and statistics, the Gamma/Gompertz distribution is a continuous probability distribution. It has been used as an aggregate-level model of customer lifetime and a model of mortality risks.

Gamma/Gompertz distribution
Probability density function
Gamma Gompertz cumulative distribution
Note: b=0.4, β=3
Cumulative distribution function
Gamma Gompertz cumulative distribution
Parameters
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Specification

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Probability density function

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The probability density function of the Gamma/Gompertz distribution is:

 

where   is the scale parameter and   are the shape parameters of the Gamma/Gompertz distribution.

Cumulative distribution function

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The cumulative distribution function of the Gamma/Gompertz distribution is:

 

Moment generating function

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The moment generating function is given by:

 

where   is a Hypergeometric function.

Properties

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The Gamma/Gompertz distribution is a flexible distribution that can be skewed to the right or to the left.

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  • When β = 1, this reduces to an Exponential distribution with parameter sb.
  • The gamma distribution is a natural conjugate prior to a Gompertz likelihood with known, scale parameter  [1]
  • When the shape parameter   of a Gompertz distribution varies according to a gamma distribution with shape parameter   and scale parameter   (mean =  ), the distribution of   is Gamma/Gompertz.[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Bemmaor, A.C.; Glady, N. (2012)

References

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  • Bemmaor, Albert C.; Glady, Nicolas (2012). "Modeling Purchasing Behavior With Sudden 'Death': A Flexible Customer Lifetime Model". Management Science. 58 (5): 1012–1021. doi:10.1287/mnsc.1110.1461. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
  • Bemmaor, Albert C.; Glady, Nicolas (2011). "Implementing the Gamma/Gompertz/NBD Model in MATLAB" (PDF). Cergy-Pontoise: ESSEC Business School.[permanent dead link]
  • Gompertz, B. (1825). "On the Nature of the Function Expressive of the Law of Human Mortality, and on a New Mode of Determining the Value of Life Contingencies". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 115: 513–583. doi:10.1098/rstl.1825.0026. JSTOR 107756. S2CID 145157003.
  • Johnson, Norman L.; Kotz, Samuel; Balakrishnan, N. (1995). Continuous Univariate Distributions. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-471-58494-0.
  • Manton, K. G.; Stallard, E.; Vaupel, J. W. (1986). "Alternative Models for the Heterogeneity of Mortality Risks Among the Aged". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 81 (395): 635–644. doi:10.1080/01621459.1986.10478316. PMID 12155405.